Love Is the Monster (Amor es el Monstruo). Costa Rican writer-director Neto Villalobos Brenes (All About the Feathers, Helmet Heads) has picked a title for his latest film that will make you sit up straight, deal with questions swirling through your head, or both. The chilling dystopian thriller, starring Paulina García (Gloria) and teeming with fear and inequality, will world premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Centerpiece strand on Sept. 15. Filmed in Costa Rica’s South Pacific region, Love Is a Monster features Chilean star García as a grandmother determined to make the most of the time she has left with her…
