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<font color="maroon">by Larry Richman </font>
<font color="gray" size="1">September 14, 2007 2:28 PM</font>

I attended the World Premiere of <a href="http://www.tiff07.ca/filmsandschedules/filmdetails.aspx?id=705151602551292" target="_blank"><em>Normal</em></a> on Monday night, September 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival. This Canadian entry from director and co-writer Carl Bessai boasts an ensemble cast headed by <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0954225/" target="_blank">Kevin Zegers</a> and <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0005251/" target="_blank">Carrie-Anne Moss</a>. Zegers, who grew up in Woodstock, Ontario, just outside Toronto, has no less than three films having World Premieres at this year's festival.

<em>Normal</em> was the darkest film we saw this year, and we've chosen it as #3 on our list of Top Picks from the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Bessai brought the cast up to introduce the film. They took to the stage afterward for a Q&A. Also see <a href="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=743102#743102" target="_blank">our video</a>.


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Cast members Tara Frederick, Callum Keith Rennie, Kevin Zegers, Carrie-Anne Moss, Allison Hossack, and Tygh Runyan (left)
Frederick, Rennie, Zegers, Moss, and Hossack (right)


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Frederick, Hossack, Director Carl Bessai, Zegers, Moss, and Runyan


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Bessai, Zegers, Moss, and Runyan (left), Bessai, Zegers, and Moss (right)


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Bessai, Zegers, and Moss


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Rennie, Zegers, and Moss (left), Zegers and Moss (right)


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Bessai, Zegers, Moss, and Runyan (left), Bessai, Zegers, and Moss (right)


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Kevin Zegers

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The poster