Guest of Honour

    Guest of Honour
    2020

    Synopsis

    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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      Cast

      • David ThewlisJim
      • Luke WilsonFather Greg
      • Laysla De OliveiraVeronica
      • Rossif SutherlandMike
      • Tennille ReadRoseangela
      • Tamara PodemskiDetective Grove
      • Gage MunroeWalter
      • Arsinée KhanjianAnna
      • John BourgeoisGunter
      • Sugith VarugheseIndian Restaurant Manager

      Recommandations

      • 75

        The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

        The restaurant story is wonderfully taut, with Egoyan in full control of his always extravagant imagery.
      • 75

        The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

        The restaurant story is wonderfully taut, with Egoyan in full control of his always extravagant imagery.
      • 67

        The Playlist

        While the non-linear structure of Guest of Honour makes for a more thrilling watch than if it had played out chronologically, the story can be uneven and unsatisfying in places.
      • 67

        The Playlist

        While the non-linear structure of Guest of Honour makes for a more thrilling watch than if it had played out chronologically, the story can be uneven and unsatisfying in places.
      • 60

        The Guardian

        I’m not convinced it amounts to any more than the sum of its parts, but the parts are intriguing – and some are possessed of real power.
      • 60

        CineVue

        Buried underneath the convolutions, the mistaking of melodramatic sensationalism over psychological reality, there really is something of a real emotional centre that just about makes enduring the rest worth it.
      • 60

        The Guardian

        I’m not convinced it amounts to any more than the sum of its parts, but the parts are intriguing – and some are possessed of real power.
      • 60

        CineVue

        Buried underneath the convolutions, the mistaking of melodramatic sensationalism over psychological reality, there really is something of a real emotional centre that just about makes enduring the rest worth it.