The Devout (2015)
- Directed by
- Connor Gaston
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A couple of devout Christians struggle with their daughter's terminal illness. When the girl claims to remember a past life as an astronaut, the father investigates the possibility of reincarnation.
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What happens
The Devout is a Canadian drama film, directed by Connor Gaston and released in 2015. The film stars Charlie Carrick and Ali Liebert as Darryl and Jan, a devoutly Christian couple who are struggling with the terminal illness of their daughter Abigail (Olivia Martin). After Abigail claims to have a memory of a past life as an astronaut who died in the Apollo 1 fire, Darryl undergoes a crisis of faith as he tries to investigate whether there is any truth to reincarnation after all. The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2015, where Gaston won the festival's B.C. Emerging Filmmaker Award. It won the Leo Award for Best Motion Picture in 2016. It went into general theatrical release in 2017, and was a shortlisted finalist for the John Dunning Discovery Award at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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