''Pompei'' is a drama film, directed by Anna Falguères and John Shank and released in 2019.Jordan Mintzer
"'Pompei' ('Pompéi'): Film Review , TIFF 2019"
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'', September 6, 2019. A coproduction of companies from

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, the film centres on a small group of aimless young people engaging in petty crime. The film stars

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, Garance Marillier,

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and

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. The film premiered in the Discovery stream at the

2019 Toronto International Film Festival The 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 September 2019. The opening gala was the documentary film '' Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band'', directed by Daniel Roher, and the festival closed with a ...

.Emma Kiely
/5142568.article "Toronto 2019: Screen’s guide to the Discovery titles"
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'', September 5, 2019.

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* 2019 films Belgian drama films Canadian drama films French drama films 2019 drama films 2010s French-language films French-language Belgian films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films 2010s French films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub