During TIFF 2013, the audience will be invited to a series of thrilling marathon screenings. Thus, the Japanese master of suspense, Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Tokyo Sonata), will electrify the viewers for a good 270 minutes, which is exactly the duration of the miniseries Penance/ Shokuzai. The mother of a girl killed 15 years back goes in search pf the murderer and visits the four friends who witnessed the deed. The film was screened out of competition during the most recent edition of Venice Film Festival.
The Paradise trilogy by Ulrich Seidl, whose parts premiered in the competitive sections of the world's three biggest festivals, will also screen at TIFF. The protagonists of the three films are three women whose stories offer Seidl the perfect pretext to look at different worlds. In Paradise: Love (Cannes 2012), a woman goes to Kenya for sexual tourism; in Paradise: Faith (Special Jury Prize – Venice 2012), another woman starts preaching Catholicism; lastly, in Paradise: Hope (Berlin 2013), a third woman joins a weightwatchers camp.
The admirers of the yakuza films by Takeshi Kitano will certainly appreciate the marathon focusing on Outrage (2010) and Outrage Beyond, the first one's 2012 sequel. The first part, a violent foray in the world of the yakuza in which Kitano also plays one of the main characters, premiered in the official competition of Cannes Film Festival and was a huge box-office hit in Japan. The sequel premiered in Venice to enthusiastic reviews.
