Director Philippe Falardeau’s stealth visit to Toronto this past weekend to attend two warmly received afternoon screenings of his world-premiering “Lovely Day,” an acquisition title, left little time for the acclaimed Canadian director of 2012 Oscar-nominated “Monsieur Lazhar” to chat.
Thanks to Falardeau’s sore throat and rapidly disappearing voice, all media interviews were cancelled, save a conversation with Variety, during which he revealed he came close to cancelling production on his new film last fall in the middle of shooting the wedding scenes – with full cast and extras on deck – when news arrived that Israel was conducting airstrikes in Lebanon.
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