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Adoration

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Original title

Adoration

Year

2008

Running time

100 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Atom Egoyan

Screenwriter

Atom Egoyan

Cast

Music

Mychael Danna

Cinematography

Paul Sarossy

Producer

Ego Film Art Production, Sony Pictures Classics

Genre

Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. Family Relationships

Synopsis

An adolescent, Simon, reinvents his life on the Internet. His story provokes strong reactions throughout the world. Cyberspace is a forum for victims. But is it a place for redemption?

ADORATION speaks to our connections-with each other, with our family history, with technology and with the modern world. Sabine (ARSINÉE KHANJIAN), a high school French teacher, gives her class a translation exercise based on a real news story about a terrorist who plants a bomb in the airline luggage of his pregnant girlfriend. The assignment has a profound effect on one student, Simon (DEVON BOSTICK), who lives with his uncle (SCOTT SPEEDMAN). In the course of translating, Simon re-imagines that the news item is his own family's story, with the terrorist standing in for his father. Years ago, Simon's father (NOAM JENKINS) crashed the family car, killing both himself and his wife (RACHEL BLANCHARD), making Simon an orphan. Simon has always feared that the accident was intentional. Simon reads his version to the class and then takes it to the Internet. In essence, he has created a false identity which allows him to probe his family secret. As Simon uses his new persona to journey deeper into his past, the public reaction is swift and strong. Then an exotic woman reveals her true identity. The truth about Simon's family emerges. The mystery is solved and a new family is formed.

Awards: 2008: Cannes: Nominated for Palme d´Or (Golden Palm), Jury Prize Ecuménico

2008: Festival of Valladolid - Seminci: nominated to Best Picture - Golden Spike.

2009: Genie Awards (Canada): 2 nominations

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Adoration

2008

Atom Egoyan

6.2

(416)