Ladj Ly’s ‘Les Indésirables’ To World Premiere At Toronto; Fest Describes Paris Outer-City Suburb Drama As “Timely Tale Of Revolution”
deadline.comThe fall fest season is revving up. The Toronto International Film Festival has announced that French director Ladj Ly’s new feature Les Indésirables will world premiere at it 48th edition, running from September 7 to 17.
It is the first international world premiere title to be unveiled by TIFF ahead of fuller line-up details in the coming weeks.
Les Indésirables is Ly’s second fiction feature after his award-winning debut Les Misérables, which won the Cannes Jury Prize in 2019 and went on to make its North American premiere at TIFF that same year.
Les Misérables won a slew of French Césars the following year and was also France’s Academy Awards submission, getting through to the final nominations stage in the Best International Film category, going up up against Parasite.
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