Perhaps one of the more unusual aspects of the whole Toronto Internation Film Festival controversy over The Road Between Us , says the director of the reinstated October 7 documentary , is how much real life mirrors the film.

After all, Barry Avrich’s movie focuses on a retired Israeli general in Tel Aviv who pulls together with his wife and several military personnel he meets along the way to rescue his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren from a kibbutz near the Gaza border on Oct 7. And The Road Between Us itself will be shown at TIFF , thanks to its own show of unity from Jewish groups and pro-Israel advocates to protest the festival’s decision to disinvite it.

Perhaps one of the more unusual aspects of the whole Toronto Internation Film Festival controversy over The R

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