MUMBAI: Audiences will get a sneak peek into Julian Assange‘s early life in the Australian TV film Underground: The Julian Assange Story, that would premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, 8th September.
The Australian TV film, that chronicles Assange`s life as a teenage computer hacker, will have the rare honour for an Australia made television film to be a part of an international film festival.
Newcomer Alex Williams plays Assange, with Rachel Griffiths, who plays the role of his activist mother Christine, Laura Wheelwright plays his girlfriend, and Anthony LaPaglia plays the cop who investigates the case.
The film written and directed by Robert Connolly, is based on the 1997 novel `Underground: Tales Of Hacking, Madness And Obsession On The Electronic Frontier` by Suelette Dreyfus.
Assange is currently holed up in the London embassy of Ecuador, which has granted him asylum. He is attempting to avoid arrest and subsequent extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning over rape and sexual assault claims.