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Toronto (ANTARA News) - A kiss is sometimes just a kiss, unless it's Adrien Brody smacking Halle Berry's lips after his Oscar win in 2002 for "The Pianist" or his latest smooch with co-star Rachel Weisz in "The Brothers Bloom."

The film by Rian Johnson ("Brick," 2005) is premiering at the Toronto film festival this week.

"He's a wonderful kisser," Weisz was quoted by AFP as telling a press conference Tuesday of Brody.

Their tongues were intertwined in an enthusiastic buss in a memorable scene in the film, she said. "It wasn't any old on-screen kiss."

"We needed a lot of rehearsal," commented Brody. "It was something we had to get just right."

"Unfortunately, he had to rehearse (it) with me," quipped Johnson.

The romantic comedy follows two con artists (Brody and Mark Ruffalo) who take a beautiful and eccentric New Jersey heiress (Weisz) on an adventure around the world.

Weisz ("The Constant Gardener", 2005; "The Mummy",1999) portrays the titular brothers' innocent mark with "child-like enthusiasm that I'm sure (audiences) will adore. And so it wasn't difficult for me to play a man falling madly in love with her," said Brody.

Audiences are said to be starving for a good adult romance film of late.

Indeed, there are only a handful of films that arguably fit into the Toronto film festival's romance category this year.

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