Guest of Honour (2019)

Directed by

Atom Egoyan

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school music teacher insists on being imprisoned for a crime she did not commit in order to atone for past mistakes. Her father, a health inspector, works to get her an early release.

slow-burnmelancholictenseintrospectivebleaksombercontemplativequietly dramatic

What happens

Guest of Honour is a 2019 Canadian drama film, written, directed, and produced by Atom Egoyan. It stars David Thewlis, Laysla De Oliveira, Rossif Sutherland, Alexandre Bourgeois, Arsinée Khanjian and Luke Wilson. De Oliveira stars a high school music teacher who demands to be imprisoned for a crime that she did not commit to atone for her previous sins, as her health inspector father, played by Thewlis, attempts to secure her early release. The film had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2019. It was released on July 10, 2020, by Elevation Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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