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Guest of Honour

2020 · 105 min

A somber, intricately structured character study that unfolds with quiet unease, inviting you to piece together fractured memories and moral ambiguities.

Directed by
Atom Egoyan
Genres
Drama
Overview
Veronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.

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Directed by
Atom Egoyan
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • grief
  • memory
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • prison
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Atom Egoyan
Written by
Atom Egoyan
Starring
David Thewlis, Luke Wilson, Laysla De Oliveira, Rossif Sutherland, Tennille Read, Tamara Podemski, Gage Munroe, Arsinée Khanjian
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
English

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