Entertainment

'Dear Evan Hansen' opens hybrid Toronto Film Festival, features Platt and Moore

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lifted its curtains to a live audience for the first time in two years on Thursday with the world premiere of the musical "Dear Evan Hansen".

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Sep 10, 2021 11:58 PM

Faisal Ali Ghumman

'Dear Evan Hansen' opens hybrid Toronto Film Festival, features Platt and Moore

The film, an adaptation of the Broadway production, stars Tony Award winner Ben Platt reprising his role as a high school student with social anxiety who gets caught up in a lie. Julianne Moore, Amy Adams and Kaitlyn Dever are among the cast.

"I love the story very deeply. It's been very close to my heart for many years so the fact that it's going so be on such a larger platform and seen by so many is really an exciting gift," Platt told reporters on the red carpet.

Platt, 27, said he had his own struggles with anxiety and that he had tried to make the character "as human and connected" as possible.

Moore, who plays Evan Hansen's mother, said she had been a fan of the stage musical for years. "So to suddenly find myself in the middle of this story - how really lucky I was as an actor," she said.

The Toronto festival will be a mix of in-person and digital events, screening almost 200 films over ten days.

Other premieres include "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," starring Jessica Chastain as the flamboyant U.S. televangelist, documentaries about singers Dionne Warwick and Alanis Morissette, and films starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Melissa McCarthy.

Warwick, Chastain, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch and "Dune" director Denis Villeneuve are among those who will receive honorary awards.

The Toronto festival has traditionally been seen as a showcase for movies that go on to win Oscars, including this year's best picture winner, "Nomadland."

Last year's event was scaled back dramatically, but while film festivals in Cannes and Venice this year had exclusively physical events, Toronto organizers said months ago that they would move forward with a hybrid model.

Films will be shown online and outdoors with some screenings in movie theaters before limited capacity audiences. Attendees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test before entering a physical venue.

SOURCE: REUTERS

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Sindh

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Balochistan

There are 32,569 confirmed cases while 342 patients have died from the infection so far.

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Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 415,654 in the province with 12,259 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 446,045 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,177.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 169,040 in the province with 5,290 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 32,618 confirmed cases while 344 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 33,432 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 724. On the other hand, there are 10,168 cases in GB with 182 coronavirus deaths.

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Punjab

The number of patients swelled to 410,463 in the province with 12,171 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 442,401 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,089.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 167,154 in the province with 5,200 casualties.

Balochistan

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