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Surprises light up Toronto film fest

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Danny Boyle's rousing ''Slumdog Millionaire.'' Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Danny Boyle's rousing ''Slumdog Millionaire.'' (Ishika Mohan/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
By Ty Burr
Globe Staff / September 11, 2008

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TORONTO - One generally doesn't go to an international film festival expecting to find joy on the menu, but that is what they've been serving here this year. Where the tenor of previous festivals has been high art, gritty realism, and political confrontation, the Toronto International Film Festival '08 offers visions of bliss fighting to reclaim the spotlight in dark, ... (Full article: 1157 words)

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