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I had a plan for this week’s column. As a TIFF-centric offering, I would celebrate the late Canadian actress Tracy Wright, whose two final films are gracing the festival this year – Trigger and You Are Here. She was a Toronto-centric gem, stolen much too soon from the big screen. But then I saw Trigger](Trigger (2010) - IMDb), the latest offering from Pontypool and Hard Core Logo director Bruce McDonald, and my plans changed for the inspiring and blissful better.
Imagining a fun film, only hoping it could be half the adventure Pontypool was, I was greeted with what is, perhaps, the best example of female friendship I’ve ever seen on the big screen. Suddenly, I realized that this column couldn’t possibly be a retrospective; its theme was utterly perfect for Girls on Film, destined to please anyone trying to follow the Bechdel Rule](http://www.cinematical.com/2008/08/05/cinematical-seven-more-than-one-woman-the-bechdel-rule/), or those hungry for well-developed female characters.
Quite simply,* Trigger* is to female friendship what Before Sunrise/Before Sunset was for romance.Filed under: Theatrical Reviews, Columns, Toronto International Film Festival, Girls on Film
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