The film makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 19.The Water Man is a fantasy filled, coming-of-age film that follows an artsy but awkward teen Gunner (This Is Us’s Lonnie Chavis) who’s relationship with his father begins unraveling as he deals with his terminally ill mother (Rosario Dawson).

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