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The latest from prolific French auteur and Festival favourite Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper) is a sweeping political thriller that delves into some woefully misunderstood recent history.

Tracking the paths of several Cuban intelligence agents posing as dissidents from the ’90s on, Wasp Network sheds light on events of enormous consequence to the way we think about terror, the drug trade, and international relations. It also features a stunning ensemble of international stars, including Edgar Ramírez (reuniting with Assayas after Carlos), Oscar winner Penélope Cruz (also at the Festival with Pain and Glory), and Gael García Bernal (also at the Festival in Ema and with his own film Chicuarotes, and in a TIFF Cinematheque retrospective screening of No).

December 1990. Airline pilot René González (Ramírez) steals a plane and flees Cuba, which is about to topple into an economic crisis precipitated by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Having abandoned his wife (Cruz) and daughter, René, now based in Miami, is regarded as a coward and a traitor, though in letters home he explains that he is fighting for a more just and prosperous Cuba as a member of the activist organization Brothers to the Rescue. Along with fellow exile and pilot Juan Pablo Roque (Wagner Moura), René gradually becomes more aware of the moral compromises the Brothers make to do their work — and the degree to which the CIA is involved in supporting anti-Castro activities.

Toronto: First Clip of Simon Bolivar Biopic ‘Libertador’ (Exclusive Video)

The historical epic — starring Edgar Ramirez — makes its worldwide premiere Monday night at the Toronto Film Festival; L.A. Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel scored the film.

TORONTO — Alberto Arvelo’s Libertador is the largest South American production to date and it shows, judging by this exclusive clip from the movie.

The sweeping biopic stars Edgar Ramirez as Simon Bolivar, the Venezuelan military and political hero who played an instrumental role in Latin America’s independence from Spanish rule.

The world premiere of «The Liberator» will be the 9 September at the Toronto Film Festival

Rising international star Édgar Ramírez (Carlos) stars in this enthralling epic about Venezuelan political leader Simón Bolívar and his lifelong quest to bring autonomy and democracy to the Americas.

Libertador is the title of Alberto Arvelo’s enthralling Bolívar biopic, which serves as both an epic of struggle and a cinematic history lesson. Written by Timothy J. Sexton (Children of Men), the film shows us the moments in Bolívar’s childhood that laid the seeds for his determination to defend the rights of indigenous and enslaved peoples. It depicts his marriage to María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza and emphasizes the scar her untimely death left on his psyche. It reveals his subsequent descent into despondence and decadence in Europe before he rediscovered his social conscience and returned to South America for a series of arduous military campaigns — elaborately staged here, captured by cameras that sweep across vast landscapes gutted by cannon fire.