The Whale World Premiere Intro + Q & A at TIFF 2022 - Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink

Описание: The Whale World Premiere Intro + Q & A at TIFF 2022 - Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink

Darren Aronofsky, screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter, Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins on stage

Apologies on the color and jumpiness

Writing instructor Charlie (Fraser) never seems to have his webcam enabled while teaching online. He makes excuses and is so good-natured that no one makes a fuss, but the real reason for his invisibility is his appearance. Charlie weighs 600 pounds. His obesity starts to pose a grave threat to his health and his friend Liz (Hong Chau, also at this year’s Festival in The Menu), a nurse, begs him to check into a hospital, but also recognizes that it might be more important to simply offer support.

Charlie’s current status quo is upended by the return of his long-estranged adolescent daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink), though her willingness to resume a relationship seems prompted as much by Charlie’s offers to ghostwrite her school essays as it is by her sense of familial loyalty. Meanwhile, Charlie receives visits from a door-to-door evangelist (Ty Simpkins) who engages him in a dialogue about redemption that, despite Charlie’s lack of religious inclination, proves surprisingly resonant. Can any of these folks, regardless of their personal agendas, serve as the lifeline to self-acceptance that Charlie so urgently needs?

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