From Reuters,
“Bella,” a romantic drama by Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde, was the surprise winner of the top award at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday, while the contentious “Death of a President” took home a critics’ prize.
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A story of two people whose lives converge and turn upside down on a single day in New York, “Bella” received no buzz and little ink during the 10-day event, but still managed to win the festival’s People’s Choice Award, voted on by moviegoers.