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The Devout

2015 Canadian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Devout is a Canadian drama film, directed by Connor Gaston and released in 2015.[1]

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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]

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