September 8, 2024

Elizabeth Olsen Brings ‘The Assessment’ to TIFF

Elizabeth Olsen brought her new film, The Assessment to the Toronto International Film Festival today, September 8. Olsen was joined at the festival by costars Alicia Vikander, Hamish Patel, and director Fleur Fortuné.

In the film, “In the future depicted in The Assessment, everyone gets to live a calm life but the government maintains a strict control of resources. As part of that, and to ensure the world doesn’t become overpopulated, it decides who can and can’t have children.

Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) are nervous about their application to become parents, but they have everything going for them. They live in a peaceful, secluded home where Aaryan has a studio for his genetic research and Mia maintains a greenhouse as part of her work as a botanical scientist. The two are assigned an assessor named Virginia (Alicia Vikander), who comes to evaluate them in their home over seven days.

Virginia asks them invasive and awkward questions about everything from how they first met to how often they have sex. But this is just the beginning as Virginia puts Mia and Aaryan through simulations of the potential horrors children can inflict on their parents. As the tests become increasingly abstract and confounding, the right answers seem less obvious and the assessment foments a rift between the couple.”

You can see photos of her at the premiere today here. Prime Video has purchased the rights to the film, so we will keep you updated on the release date!

MC

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