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 unsettling secret.
Acting
Hoskins: terrifying tenderness, never telegraphs.
Direction
Egoyan's fragmented memories as unreliable narrator.
Cinematography
Industrial England never looked so suffocatingly beige.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on William Trevor's novel, Egoyan relocated the story to Birmingham to explore English-Irish tensions and industrial decay.
Hoskins researched real serial killers but refused to meet any, saying 'I didn't want to do them the honor.' He based Hilditch's physicality on his own mother.
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RIP Bob Hoskins. This might have been his best role...
@wblake1 20
Cassidy's vulnerability and Hoskins' -i just can't think of an appropriate term for his unique screen presence- made this creepy jewel of a movie an absolute must for me..
@Reykjaviking 10
RIP Bob Hoskins, true talent. He is truly missed:(
@Weezerbones 10
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