From acclaimed author william trevor, felicia s journey is a tightly woven psychological thriller a book so brilliant that it compels you to stay up all night galloping through to the end daily mail youre beautiful, johnny told her. Icon productions is an independent production company founded in august 1989 by actordirector mel gibson and australian producing partner bruce davey, which, unlike most other independent production companies, funds most of its development and production costs, allowing it to retain creative control of its projects. Felicias journey 1 felicia cassidy at home in cork. The viewer sees what felicia fails to see, until it is almost too late, the duplicity and cunning that is masked by his overt geniality and seeming kindness. 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, felicia s journey. Issues addressed include hitchcockian influences, the sense of place in the visual discourse, and the characterisation of the serial killer hilditch, as constructed initially by trevor and interpreted by egoyan. Cassidy, felicias journey is a story of innocence lost and regained. Simon james book, london movie guide, identifies the location as paddington street gardens in london w1. Felicia s journey s celticinspired score reflects the film s tale of a poor, pregnant irish girl searching for the child s father in england. The supporting cast is largely expository or reflective of the inner turmoil of the protagonists.
Felicias journey 1999 letterboxd your life in film. 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. She is in the family way by a young man named johnny who has disappeared, ostensibly to work in england. Lydia, the disconcertingly mute young servant who piques grace s curiosity, is played by elaine cassidy, who most recently appeared in atom egoyan s felicia s journey. Atom egoyans felicias journey tells the story of two children escaping from their parents. Elaine cassidy is touching as felicia and bob hoskins has. Felicia s journey has a firm sense of place, or rather of places, because the movie has two strands that take a while to become entwined. In a neat game of contrasts, these flashbacks are done in garish false color.
Felicia s journey is a story of innocence lost and regained. At the end of the film felicia starts working in a small park in london. Financial analysis of felicia s journey 1999 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. In another story by william trevor, a woman receives the head of her murdered husband in a plastic bag. He is the second main character in the book, and arguably, he is the main character, and felicia is actually secondary to the unpleasant struggles that are happening within hilditch s mind. Nov 22, 2006 cut version a man on a beachside vacation with his wife meets his old lover summer vacation duration. Felicias journey mychael danna, malcolm vaughan songs. Felicias journey is a 1999 britishcanadian psychological thriller film written and directed by atom egoyan and starring elaine cassidy and bob hoskins. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. Hilditchs mother fixation feels even less psychologically sound that bates in psycho remember the clunky explanation scene at the end of hitchcocks film.
Hilditch, slipping increasingly into insanity, finally fully aware of the horrors he has committed. But its probably as far from crowdpleasing as youre going to get these days. This is not to say that felicia s journey is a bad movie. Graduated from college with a degree in international relations, but became interested in film while making a short film his freshman year. And arsinee khanjian is pretty fun as a julia childtype. The film competed for the palme dor at the 1999 cannes film festival. Atom egoyan s felicia s journey features a score by mychael danna, who also composed scores for egoyan s the sweet hereafter as well as for 8mm and kama sutra. It has also been adapted into a 1999 film of the same name.
Rent felicias journey 1999 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The movie doesnt really explain hilditchs relationship with his presumably dead mother. Felicijino putovanje prica o odnosu mlade zene u potrazi za izgubljenom ljubavi i starog samca s mracnom tajnom pogledajte video i opis za film felicijino putovanje felicias journey. 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. 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.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing felicia s journey near you. Felicias journey the greatest literature of all time. In william trevor most notably felicias journey, the film version of which was directed by atom egoyan and released in 1999. What holds the movie together is cassidys portrayal of the young irish innocent abroad. It takes a while before we realize that one of the two alternating points of view here is that of a deranged man who preys on lost women. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of felicia s journey with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Johnny lysaght, lying on the ground bleeding after being beaten by felicias brothers. Felicia s 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.
If this were just a movie about hilditch, maybe that would suffice. When she arrives, instead of finding johnny, she meets joseph ambrose hilditch who is a catering manager at one of the local factories. Aug 10, 2010 joseph hilditch is an eccentric chef who lives in a large country manor. At the beginning of the book we meet felicia, an irish girl of 17.
Felicia s journey is a british film that follows felicia, a teenager from ireland. This summary of felicias journey includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. 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. I have to say, having now read the book the film sadly palls into comparison, so much so that i. Felicia s journey never connects the way the best of egoyan s 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. If youve read many works by this writer, you know he does occasionally allow tragic conclusions, as well as twists of plot as gory as today s headlines. He then suggests that he buried all of the other young women.
The other week i picked up a copy of the 1994 whitbread prize winning novel by william trevor and, given the rather glorious weather weve been having, have read it from cover to cover over the past couple of days. William trevor is considered by many to be one of the most important figures in contemporary irish literature, and i came across opinions which named felicia s journey as one of his best novels. Companies ego film arts,icon productions title director, credited writer release date november 12, 1999. While the sweet hereafter was a decidedly richer egoyan adaptation of a book that one by russell banks, with a more cathartic emotional force, felicia s journey is a striking motion picture, nonetheless. Finally, the felicia s journey script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the atom egoyan movie with bob hoskins. Felicia s journey explores the 1999 film adaptation by director atom egoyan of irish writer william trevor s novel of 1994. Danna offers a strange experiment on this score to atom egoyans wistful and sinister film. Cut version a man on a beachside vacation with his wife meets his old lover summer vacation duration. Felicias journey script transcript from the screenplay. A young woman leaves ireland to find her boyfriend in england, and while there is helped by a man hiding unsettling secrets. The 1999 movie felicias journey, starring the always great bob hoskins and the. Based on the novel by william trevor, cassidy plays a young irish woman the felicia of the title who travels to birmingham, england. She is smothering and embarrassing, but not inordinately so. He befriends a young woman named felicia who has come to town searching for her boyfriend.
His works for the most part focused on the psychology of eccentrics and. The novel was made into a 1999 film of the same name. Released by milan records in 1999 containing music from felicia s journey 1999. Okay, i cant really know how hitch would have done it and theres no reason. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of felicia s journey. Felicia awakens to the world s dangers and duplicities. The irishborn novelist and shortstory writer two lives, 1991, etc. Felicia s journey soundtrack from 1999, composed by mychael danna. I still believe 2020 movie official clip your truth kj apa, britt robertson.
The key to felicia s journey is that it has understanding for both charactersfor felicia, who is innocent, and for hilditch, who is the product of a childhood which turned him out very wrong. Felicia accepts the help of an older man in finding her boyfriend, but soon finds out that. Joe grinds up sleeping pills and puts them in felicia s cocoa to drug her. Felicia awakens to the worlds dangers and duplicities. Atom egoyan has again created another striking work of art with his adaptation of the william trevor novel, felicias journey. Felicia travels to england, looking for the boyfriend who got her pregnant and moved to england without leaving an address. A solitary middleaged bachelor and a naive irish teenager transform.
She has fallen in love with a boy named johnny peter mcdonald, so when johnny unexpectedly travels to england in search of a job. Directed by atom egoyan, felicia s journey is a lowkey psychological thriller about the relationship between a lovesick young woman and an older man with an ugly secret. Since trevor is an author who has authored many, this was the one i decided to read to begin my acquaintance with his work. I cant say what i would think of this movies pacing if it wasnt so brilliantly acted by elaine. Seventeen and pregnant, felicia travels to england in search of her lover and is found. Felicias journey brings heartache to those around herher father, heartsick after denouncing her. Felicias journey is essentially a twocharacter story. Felicia elaine cassidy has lived all of her life in a small village in rural irela. Felicias journey 1999 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Felicia elaine cassidy has lived all of her life in a small village in rural ireland. Anchored by the stunning performances of hoskins and cassidy, felicia s journey is a story of innocence lost and regained.
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. Influenced by the writings of james joyce and charles dickens, trevor possessed a keen skill for characterization and irony. Felicias journey 1999 stream and watch online moviefone. Through the course of the film, felicia grows from a naive child into a thoughtful adult. That is never intimated in the film though, a mistake i think. Although felicia s journey is not quite the multifaceted gem that atom egoyans previous film the sweet hereafter was, the directors film adaptation of william trevors novel of the same name.
Cassidy has been performing since the age of five, when she made her debut in the title role in a school production of pinocchio. Felicia s journey is a novel written by william trevor, first published in 1994. Hilditch, rotund catering manager for a factory lunchroom, seems a bit fussy at. William trevor s novel felicia s journey was first published in 1994, just before the celtic tiger economic boom and the northern ireland peace agreements. Hilditch begins laying his trap, and so felicia s journey thrusts her into the belly of the beast. Apparently in the book upon which felicias journey is based, she has an incestuous relationship with her son. Since trevor is an author who has authored many, this was the one i. When she discovers that she s pregnant, irish teenager felicia decides to travel to england to find the father of the baby her boyfriend johnny, who left their home. The guardian critic noted it was the first big screen film set in birmingham that he had ever ever seen. Felicias journey is a 1999 britishcanadian psychological thriller film written and directed by atom egoyan and starring elaine cassidy and. His parents gave him the name atom in tribute to an egyptian nuclear reactor that had recently been completed at the time of his birth.