The pandemic led Spielberg to make the most acclaimed film at the Toronto Film Festival

Despite being the most famous director in the world, Steven Spielberg had never released a film in a film festival until “Fabelmans”. Even with the Oscars and having chaired the Cannes Film Festival, he has never been invited to compete in a film show. But “Fabelmans” is a different film, his work more authorial than him, and Toronto is also a different festival, where the winners are chosen by the public.

“This film is so personal that I wanted to show it to people who love cinema. They should see it first,” Spielberg explained of the decision to finally debut at a festival.

And people really loved it, with compelling cheers, rave reviews and buzz about favoritism at Oscar 2023. Based on memories of Spielberg’s childhood and adolescence, the film was seen not only by the audience and his cast, but also by the director’s three sisters, who are portrayed on the screen, even if the names of the characters are different.

“This film is a way to bring my mother and father back,” said the director. “And it also brought my sisters closer to me than I ever thought possible. It was worth it.”

The audience seemed to agree. The applause was so intense and insistent at the Princess of Wales cinema that festival CEO Cameron Bailey had to ask everyone to stop in order to start a Q&A session with the director about the film.

During the screening, the performances that sparked the biggest reactions from the audience were veteran Judd Hirsch (“Numb3rs”) as a crazy art-loving uncle, Gabriel LaBelle as the young Sammy Fabelman (a teenage version of Spielberg ) and director David Lynch with a surprising role.

Excited by the reaction to work, Spielberg explained what led him to remember his life on screen. “When covid came, we had a lot of time with nothing to do and a lot of fear. I don’t think anyone knew in March or April 2020 what the state of the art or the state of life would be like after a year of that. Worse still. , I felt the need to solve my problems with my mother, my father and my sisters “.

Spielberg added: “It was something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I didn’t really know when I was going to start doing it. But that doesn’t mean I’m retiring and that’s my swan song., I promise.”

With a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes after its Toronto premiere, the film will not debut in Brazil until February 9, three months after its US release.

See below the reaction of the festival audience to the film.

Standing ovation for Steven Spielberg and the cast of THE FABELMANS ✨# TIFF22 @thefabelmans #TheFabelmans #Spielberg pic.twitter.com/fG56bKfmLF

– Movie Lightbox (@movie_lightbox) September 11, 2022

A standing ovation for Steven Spielberg after the world premiere of #TheFabelmans. The longest I’ve heard # TIFF22 still. pic.twitter.com/TwQB1Q3Y1g

– Matt Neglia @TIFF (@NextBestPicture) September 11, 2022

Source: Terra

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