Toronto’s streets may have been packed with stars and fans alike during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, but one of the biggest spectacles of the festival had to be the red carpet for director Robert Lieberman’s Breakaway, which offered a Bollywood-themed parade that danced and sang it’s way down Yonge street, ending with an elephant stopping outside the theatre.
For the director of the hockey dramedy, which stars writer Vinay Virmani alongside Russell Peters, Rob Lowe and Camilla Belle, it was an opportunity to direct his first Canadian feature film with a story that effortlessly brought together two cultures within the setting of a Toronto suburb and our favorite national sport.
