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Midnight's Children

Year 2012
Runtime 148 mins
Language English, Hindi, Urdu
Subtitles English

Opening Night Red Carpet Gala with Director Deepa Mehta

Thursday September 20th at the Jubilee Auditorium

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

TELEFILM CANADA, CANADA MEDIA FUND AND ALBERTA FILM

AT THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA JUBILEE AUDITORIUM

SPONSORED BY: ENBRIDGE, CBC / RADIO-CANADA, MOET & CHANDON CHAMPAGNE AND MONGREL MEDIA

 

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Midnight's Children

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta and based on Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel, Midnight's Children is a generation-spanning fable that combines historical fiction with dark fantasy. Mehta's most ambitious project yet, the film captures the epic scope of Rushdie's work, serving as both a tribute to and a critique of Mehta's native India.

The story centres on Saleem Sinai, born at the stroke of midnight on the eve of India's independence from Britain. As a child, Saleem discovers he has the power to communicate with the hundreds of children around the nation born that night, and that each of them possesses a magical power. The strongest of these is Shiva, an angry, impoverished youth whose fate is inextricably linked to Saleem.

A powerful allegory and a beautiful tribute to India's complex history, Midnight's Children is Canadian filmmaking at its finest, telling a global story with insight, bravery and creative daring.

Tickets for the September 20th Red Carpet Opening Night Gala are $75.00 each and are on sale now.

Countries

Canada India
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival 2012
Director
Deepa Mehta
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen, Dilip Mehta, Salman Rushdie
Producer
David Hamilton
Screenwriter
Salman Rushdie (Novel and adaptation).
Cinematographer
Giles Nuttgens
Editor
Colin Monie
Production Design
Errol Kelly, Dilip Mehta
Music
Nitin Sawhney
Cast
Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor