Felicia's Journey

Felicia's Journey

116 mins | Drama | Oct. 8, 1999

A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. 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 serial killer. Hilditch has murdered several young women, but he has no conscious awareness of the crimes; like Felicia, he doesn't see his true self. Felicia's Journey is a story of innocence lost and regained: Felicia awakens to the world's dangers and duplicities; and Hilditch, who grew up lonely and unloved, comes to realize what was taken from him, and what he himself has taken.

Felicia's Journey

116 mins | Drama | Oct. 8, 1999

Felicia's Journey
A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. 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 serial killer. Hilditch has murdered several young women, but he has no conscious awareness of the crimes; like Felicia, he doesn't see his true self. Felicia's Journey is a story of innocence lost and regained: Felicia awakens to the world's dangers and duplicities; and Hilditch, who grew up lonely and unloved, comes to realize what was taken from him, and what he himself has taken.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Alliance Atlantis Communications, Icon Entertainment International, Marquis Films Ltd
Original title Felicia's Journey
Directors Atom Egoyan
Writers William Trevor, Atom Egoyan

Cast

Bob Hoskins

as Joe Hilditch

Elaine Cassidy

as Felicia

Peter McDonald

as Johnny Lysaght

Gerard McSorley

as Felicia's Father

Brid Brennan

as Mrs Lysaght

Sheila Reid

as Iris

Nizwar Karanj

as Sidney

Ali Yassine

as Customs Officer

Kriss Dosanjh

as Salesman

Bob Mason

as Jimmy

Claire Benedict

as Mrs Calligary

Julie Cox

as Marcia Tibbits

Sandra Voe

as Jumble sale woman

Mark Hadfield

as TV Director

Danny Turner

as Young Hilditch

Nicki Murphy

as Lost Girl

Kelly Brailsford

as Lost Girl

Polly York

as Lost Girl

Gem Durham

as Lost Girl

Kerry Stacey

as Lost Girl

Laura Chambers

as Lost Girl

Bianca McKenzie

as Lost Girl

Ladene Hall

as Lost Girl

Marie Stafford

as Felicia's Great Grandmother