SHEITAN IN TORONTO FILM FEST 2006

The canadian premiere of the movie SHEITAN in the TORONTO FILM FEST 2006.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS CLOSING NIGNT.

VINCENT CASSEL

"SHEITAN"

Directed by Kim CHAPIRON
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THANX
COLLIN GEDDES
COSTA GAVRAS
JEREMIE DELON
ANDREA ARNOLD
MADS MIKKELSEN

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Midnight madness:

As far as screenings of my first feature "Sheitan" go, I thought I had seen it all until the closing night of 2006 Toronto's film festival.

My producer/actor, Vincent Cassel, and I had just came back from Moscow for the Russian theatrical release. Wow!!!! We had never encountered such a receptive audience. Among the gorgeous Slavic courtesans and ruthless Chechen mobsters, I truly felt I was in a movie watching my movie dubbed in Russian.

Prior to this ludicrous experience, we visited Havana for Sheitan's premiere there. Since Castro strongly emphasizes culturally educating his own people, going to the movies is almost free (10 cents) for Cubanos. Beautifully diverse spectators gathered in this fifties- looking movie theatre to enjoy this psychedelic ride. During the screening, muchachos and muchachas reacted in such a caliente manner that one half expected them to get up and start dancing the rumba.

When I got to Toronto, I hadn't even dropped my bags at the hotel when Vincent Cassel called and informed me that he would not be able to attend the festival. Bummer!!! I was on my own and I had to make a speech in front of the craziest audience possible from what I had heard, all that on the last MIDNIGHT MADNESS. Not to mention that Borat had opened the film festival and had made a memorable impression. He and his mule were hauled by three female gypsies on the red carpet. The pressure was on, but once I set foot in the giant theatre and saw that the spectators were all tripping and rolling, I said to myself: "This feels like home."

Hands down, Toronto is the crème de la crème of all audiences. Thanks Collin.

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[PtAltmVansanTarr]

How good is this compared to most modern horror?

[johnfinbarburke]

i fuckin loooooooooved this movie

[karislogin]

Great movie, congrats

[RonnieRocketttt]

AWESOME!

How cool is it to meet Mads Mikkelsen!

I mean...he is one of the best actors right now!