| The Devout | |
| Director: | Connor Gaston |
| Producer: | Connor Gaston Amanda Verhagen |
| Starring: | Charlie Carrick Ali Liebert Olivia Martin Gabrielle Rose |
| Music: | Gilles Maillet |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Carruthers |
| Editing: | Detritus Kozme |
| Studio: | Clownbog Studios Devout Productions Hoggwild Films Verhagen Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
The Devout is a Canadian drama film, directed by Connor Gaston and released in 2015.[1]
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.[2]
The film premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2015, where Gaston won the festival's B.C. Emerging Filmmaker Award.[3] It won the Leo Award for Best Motion Picture in 2016.
It went into general theatrical release in 2017,[1] and was a shortlisted finalist for the John Dunning Discovery Award at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.[4]