TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina
TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina
By Monika Warzecha | September 8, 2012
By Monika Warzecha | 09/08/2012
Russian literature isn’t exactly sunny, and stars of Anna Karenina dressed suitably drab for the premiere at the Elgin Theatre last night. Keira Knightley’ s sheer black dress was a dark departure from the peachy number she wore at the London premiere, and Jude Law and Matthew Macfadyen matched their duds with the somber themes of the classic novel. (Check out Law ’ s stubble. Its screams, “I’m brooding over the hypocrisies of aristocratic society.”) The film is directed by Knightley super-fan Joe Wright, who worked with the British actress on Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. Anna Karenina might not be as Oscar bait-y an adaptation—but the film’s fancy sets, lavish costumes and nod to serious lit are still sure to generate Academy chatter.
163441 Keira Knightley, who plays the title unhappy Russian aristocrat in <em>Anna Karenina</em> (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina_intro-624x395.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina_intro.jpg 624 395 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina_intro/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina_intro 0 0
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163445 Keira Knightley wore a sheer Elie Saab gown (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina04.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina04/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina04 0 0
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163448 Jude Law, who plays Alexei Karenin in the film (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina07.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina07/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina07 0 0
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163460 Jude Law (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina08-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina08.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina08/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina08 0 0
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163444 Keira Knightley (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina03.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina03/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina03 0 0
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163461 Keira Knightley on the red carpet with co-stars Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Domhnall Gleeson (her fiancé, James Righton, was nowhere to be seen) (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina09.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina09/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina09 0 0
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163446 Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who plays Count Vronsky in the film, and his wife, filmmaker and artist Sam Taylor-Wood (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina05.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina05/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina05 0 0
(Image: Erin Seaman)
163447 Jude Law (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina06.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina06/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina06 0 0
(Image: Erin Seaman)
163442 Director Joe Wright and his wife, Anoushka Shankar (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina01.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina01/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina01 0 0
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163443 Matthew Macfadyen, who plays Oblonsky (and was Mr. Darcy to Knightley’s Elizabeth Bennet in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em> (Image: Erin Seaman) TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina TIFF RED CARPET: Keira Knightley and Jude Law decked out in black for Anna Karenina https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina02.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-2012-anna-karenina-red-carpet/slide/tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina02/ tiff12-red-carpet-anna-karenina02 0 0
(Image: Erin Seaman)