While digging out in his garden, the Jamaican Christian parishioner and a new convert enter his yard and begin to preach about Jesus. The Christian reveals that Felicia had told her about Hilditch, saying he was a kind but troubled man. Hilditch feels flashes of guilt and confesses that he did, in fact, steal from and cheat Felicia so that she would return to him. He explains that he feels lonely, and the horrified Christians get up and leave. Upstairs in the house, Felicia awakens from her sleep and struggles down the stairs. Hilditch finds her trying to escape the house but allows her to leave. He later walks to his kitchen, where he hangs himself with a pair of tights. "Felicia's Journey" received positive reviews from critics, as the film holds an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews. The Guardian critic noted it was the first "big screen" film set in Birmingham that he had ever ever seen. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for 10 Genie Awards following the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's decision to revise rules allowing films with only a minority of Canadian involvement in production to compete, with also allowed "Sunshine" to be nominated for 14.