‘Elio’ is an intergalactic tale — but for Toronto’s Domee Shi, it hits close to home

‘Elio’ is an intergalactic tale — but for Toronto’s Domee Shi, it hits close to home

TORONTO — For Domee Shi, making a movie about an introverted kid getting abducted by aliens felt oddly familiar.
Not because she’s had any close encounters, but because she remembers being a teenager longing to be taken away to a world

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