Madonna and Guy Ritchie arrive on the red carpet for the screening of the film 'Revolver' 11 September in Toronto.

Broken bones could not keep US pop diva Madonna from travelling to Toronto to support her husband, director Guy Ritchie, in his quest for a distributor for his latest film "Revolver," he said.

"The wife is very good, thanks. Eight broken bones and she's come with me," Ritchie told reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival where his movie premiered.

However, Madonna shied away from the spotlight while Ritchie went to work pitching the movie he completed only one week ago about con artists, starring Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, and Jason Statham.

Madonna fell off a horse in mid-August and suffered three cracked ribs, a broken collar bone and a fractured hand. She was celebrating her 47th birthday with her two children and Ritchie at their sprawling 1,200-acre country estate in Wiltshire in southwest England when the accident happened.

Specialists expected it would take her three months to make a full recovery.

Ritchie's "Revolver" is reminiscent of his earlier gritty crime thrillers "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998) and "Snatch" (2001), but with many more twists and turns that can easily confuse or entice viewers to watch it several times to uncover its many layers.

Audiences are encouraged not to blink or risk missing key story elements.

"The script was not easy to digest on the first read," Ritchie conceded. But, too many movies are "designed not to make you think."

"I think I got fed up with films that don't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film. So, the idea was really to put five films in one," he said.

The "tricky" action also reinforces the idea that a con is just a slight of hand -- nobody is sure in this movie who is playing who, not even the audience.　　

(Agencies)

reminiscent: serving to bring to mind（回憶往事的）