U-Atom Egoyan izobuyela futhi esigabeni esisemthethweni saseCannes, kulokhu ngokuthi «Abathumbi»umsebenzi wakho omusha.
Umqondisi wemvelaphi yaseGibhithe ohlala eCanada ukhethe i-Palme d'Or izikhathi ezinhlanu, ngaphambi kokuba abambe iqhaza kulolu hlelo lwama-67. Cannes futhi uthole imiklomelo eminingana emqhudelwaneni weGallic.
Ngo-1994 wethula "exotic» eMkhosini weCannes, lapho awina khona umklomelo weFipresci ngo-1997, wathola imiklomelo emithathu ye-"Ikusasa Elimnandi«, ngo-1999 wethulwa «Uhambo lukaFelicia", ngo-2005"Lapho Iqiniso Likhona»Futhi ngo-2008«simthande«, bonke esigabeni esisemthethweni somqhudelwano ohlonishwayo.
Kulo nyaka uqokela i-Palme d'Or ngomsebenzi wakhe omusha othi "Captives", ifilimu elingisa kuyo. Ryan Reynolds, inkanyezi yefilimu yaseSpain ethi "Wangcwatshwa", UScott Speedman, osevele enenkanyezi kwenye ifilimu ye-Atom Egoyan, "Adoration", UMireille Enos, edume ngochungechunge lwethelevishini oluthi "The Killing" kanye Rosario Dawson, esanda kubonakala ku-"Trance" kaDanny Boyle.
"Abathunjwa", ifilimu eyabhalwa umqondisi ngokwakhe kanye UDavid Fraser, ilandisa ngendaba yendoda okwathi ngemva kweminyaka engu-XNUMX yathunjwa indodakazi yayo, yathola umkhondo wokuthi kungenzeka iyaphila, ngakho iyakukhuza ukuthunjwa kwayo.