Directed by:
Atom EgoyanScreenplay:
Atom EgoyanCinematography:
Paul SarossyComposer:
Mychael DannaCast:
Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose, David Hemblen, Tony Nardi, Gerard Parkes, Patrick Tierney, Jacqueline Samuda, Robert Dodds, Franco TataPlots(1)
Speaking Parts involves a struggling, bit-part actor, whose job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job as a gigolo by his female supervisor. A female co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resumé in the hotel room of a woman screenwriter, who is casting for a television movie based on the true story of her deceased brother. She hires him to play the lead and the two begin an affair. She becomes increasingly distraught as it becomes evident that the movie's producer is changing her story. Director Egoyan's trademark tangle of bizarre relationships surrounds the protagonists on their way to a mind-blowing conclusion. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michael McManus
Canada
Best movies:
Speaking Parts (1989)
Dog Park (1998)
Hard to Forget (2003) (TV movie)
Arsinée Khanjian
Lebanon
Best movies:
Next of Kin (1984)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Gabrielle Rose
Canada
Best movies:
Mes vies de chien (2017)
Maudie (2016)
Taken (2002) (series)
David Hemblen
UK
Best movies:
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) (series)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Tony Nardi
Italy
Best movies:
The Adjuster (1991)
Born to Be Blue (2015)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Gerard Parkes
Ireland
Best movies:
The Boondock Saints (1999)
Saint Ralph (2004)
Mother Night (1996)
Patrick Tierney
Best movies:
Next of Kin (1984)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Jacqueline Samuda
Canada
Best movies:
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story (2006) (TV movie)
The Adjuster (1991)
Robert Dodds
Best movies:
Speaking Parts (1989)
Turn It Up (2000)
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) (TV movie)
Franco Tata
Best movies:
Speaking Parts (1989)