Likeluy divide critics and viewers, this is a simpler and less layered film than other works from. Like most of egoyans work, felicias journey is somewhat deceptive in form and content. Seventeen and pregnant, felicia travels to england in search of her lover and is found instead by. Canadian film online is an interactive website devoted to the history of. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Met bob hoskins, elaine cassidy en arsinee khanjian.
William dieterles salome 1953 in atom egoyans felicias journey 1999. Seventeen and pregnant, felicia travels to england in search of her lover and is found instead by joseph ambrose hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks a. She has fallen in love with a boy named johnny peter mcdonald, so when johnny unexpectedly travels to england in search of a job. Felicias journey is a story of innocence lost and regained. Comprehending the films underlying message may require repeat viewings, or at least thoughtful reflection. Felicias journey has a firm sense of place, or rather of places, because the movie has two strands that take a while to become entwined. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of felicias journey by william trevor. Le film felicias journey 1999 vostfr admin 20170629t20. It was produced by icon productions and premiered at the 1999 cannes film festival and gained a limited released on november 12, 1999 under artisan entertainment. If this were just a movie about hilditch, maybe that would suffice. Le film felicia s journey 1999 vostfr admin 20170629t20.
Hilditchs mother fixation feels even less psychologically sound that bates in psycho remember the clunky explanation scene at the end of hitchcocks film. It is their misfortune that the paths of these two children cross. Felicia is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful hilditchtrusting himentering his home and his. Felicias journey 1999 pregnant felicia elaine cassidy has come to england to look for her boyfriend, who she knows works in a factory but not which one.
The novel was made into a 1999 film of the same name the book won the whitbread prize in 1994 plot summary. Based on the novel by william trevor, cassidy plays a young irish woman the felicia of the title who travels to birmingham, england. Felicias journey is a 1999 britishcanadian psychological thriller film written and directed by atom egoyan and starring elaine cassidy and bob hoskins. When she discovers that shes pregnant, irish teenager felicia decides to travel to england to find the father of the baby her boyfriend johnny, who left their home. Anchored by the stunning performances of hoskins and cassidy, felicia s journey is a story of innocence lost and regained. In william trevor most notably felicias journey, the film version of which was directed by atom egoyan and released in 1999. Atom egoyans felicias journey tells the story of two children escaping from their parents. February 29, 2016 posted in films 1999 comments off on felicias journey 1999 salut et bienvenues sur streaming film. Felicias journey soundtrack from 1999, composed by mychael danna. Felicia awakens to the worlds dangers and duplicities. Released by milan records in 1999 containing music from felicias journey 1999.
First published in great britain by penguin books, ltd. Felicias journey adds another notch to a terrific portfolio of films. A person commits suicide by hanging themselves we see them put their head into a noose and then jump, but dont see the actual hanging. Staring bob hoskins, peter mcdonald, elaine cassidy and arsinee khanjian. A young woman leaves ireland to find her boyfriend in england, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets. It was entered into the 1999 cannes film festival and won four genie awards, including best adapted screenplay. Regarder felicia s journey streaming vf qualite hd gratuitement. Smiths rating of the film felicias journey christopher r. Lacking the complexity, lyricism and moral ambiguity of the prizewinning the sweet hereafter, an artistic highlight in atom egoyans rapidly evolving career, his new movie, felicias journey. Combined with the unremitting seriousness of this movie, i was left. Felicias journey film wiki fandom powered by wikia.
Felicias journey is essentially a twocharacter story. Rent felicias journey 1999 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Release information may 17, 1999 cannes in competition library and archives canada canadian feature film database lac may 17, 1999 cannes in competition library and archives canada canadian feature film database lac. One of the children is middle aged now, an executive chef for a factory lunchroom. Felicias journey is a 1999 britishcanadian psychological thriller film written and directed by atom egoyan and based on the 1994 novel of the same name by william trevor. February 29, 2016 posted in films 1999 comments off on felicias journey 1999 salut et. What is clear in felicia s journey is that, for the first part of the movie anyway, egoyan is clearly more interested in telling the story of hilditch, the caterer who is more disturbed than meets the eye, than in felicia, the young woman he befriends. Smith enthralling psychological thriller from director atom egoyan gets off to a slow start the portrait of bob hoskins disturbed man is far more compelling than felicias actual journey but when their paths converge is. Felicias journey 1999 plot summary 2 a young woman leaves ireland to find her boyfriend in england, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets. The supporting cast is largely expository or reflective of the inner turmoil of the protagonists. She is befriended by a lonely middleaged catering manager hoskins. Felicia s journey never connects the way the best of egoyans films do, but it does have two of his best performances in elaine cassidy and bob hoskins, the latter of whom gives a particularly uncomfortable acting showcase. A solitary middleaged bachelor and a naive irish teenager transform one anothers lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in atom egoyans adaptation of william trevors celebrated 1994 novel.
First published in the united states of america by viking penguin, a division of penguin books usa inc. And arsinee khanjian is pretty fun as a julia childtype. Trailer for felicias journey 1999 captured from the the blair witch project 1999 vhs tape. The guardian critic noted it was the first big screen film set in birmingham that he had ever ever seen. Directed by atom egoyan, felicias journey is a lowkey psychological thriller about the relationship between a lovesick young woman and an older man with an ugly secret. Felicia elaine cassidy has lived all of her life in a small village in rural ireland. Felicias journey 1999 felicias journey running time. The film competed for the palme dor at the 1999 cannes film festival.
Set mostly in the english midlands, felicias journey 1994, a novel by british. An unexpected journey streaming vf 2012 francais en ligne complet gratuit. Joseph hilditch is an eccentric chef who lives in a large country manor. Felicias journey 1999 letterboxd your life in film. Felicias journey movie trailer starring bob hoskins, gerard mcsorley, arsinee khanjian, elaine cassidy, peter mcdonald, claire benedict. Yes this film could of trimmed ten minutes from the sagging middle section, and also lost the. A young woman cassidy travels to england from ireland to find her boyfriend mcdonald. The plot follows eighteenyearold felicia, a poor provincial irish girl, who was made pregnant and abandoned by johnny. The other is an irish girl, in england to seek the boy who said he would write her every day and then never wrote at all. He then suggests that he buried all of the other young women. For the film of the same name made from the novel, see felicias journey film felicias journey is a novel written by william trevor, first published in 1994. Ride in the whirlwind western starring jack nicholson, free full movie, english youtube movies duration.
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