(Atom Egoyan/1999/UK & Ireland/116mins)
 Arsinée Khanjian, Elaine Cassidy and Bob Hoskins in Felicia’s Journey |
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In 1994, Irish author William Trevor won his third Whitbread Prize for
his novel, Felicia’s Journey. The film rights to the work were
secured by Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions, who later signed on Atom to
write the screenplay and direct.
Originally wanting to transfer the story to Canada for the film, the book’s author maintained that the location of the story be maintained. Consequently, the entire movie was shot overseas, with a largely British crew. The scenes in Ireland were shot in Glanworth, while the city locations in England were filmed in Birmingham.
Bob Hoskins plays the eccentric, repressed bachelor who spends his evenings recreating the perfect meal – demonstrated on television by his celebrity cook mother, a formidable Fanny Craddock-type character.
Felicia’s Journey premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, 1999. After playing at the Toronto Film Festival in September, the film was released in the US in November 1999.
A poor young Irish girl becomes pregnant after a brief affair with an English soldier. Misled about his identity, she embarks on fruitless search for the father of her unborn child. Once in England, the girl develops a relationship with a quiet man who further deceives her.
in double bill with
A Fly Went By
(Rod Edge/Poland/1995/7mins)
Why not book for the Irish cookery demo linked to this film?