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.
Drama
Alliance Atlantis Communications, Icon Entertainment International, Marquis Films Ltd
Bob Hoskins as Joe Hilditch, Elaine Cassidy as Felicia, Arsinée Khanjian as Gala, 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