Adoration
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Atom Egoyan
Rachel Blanchard
Scott Speedman
Katie Boland
Arsinee Khanjian
Raoul Bhaneja
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
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, who lives with his uncle. 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 crashed the family car, killing both himself and his wife, 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.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Cast
Rachel Blanchard
Scott Speedman
Katie Boland
Arsinee Khanjian
Raoul Bhaneja
Devon Bostick
Duane Murray
Hailee Sisera
Noam Jenkins
Geraldine O'rawe
Kenneth Welsh
Yuval Daniel
Jeremy Wright
Thomas Hauff
Martin Roach
Michael Barry
Louca Tassone
Domenic Cuzzocrea
Tony Nardi
Janice Stein
Vera Frenkel
Marc Glassman
Ron Bell
Aaron Poole
Paul Soles
Bathsheba Garnett
Soo Garay
Maury Chaykin
Jack Blum
Shel Goldstein
Sharon Corder
Ieva Lucs
James Binkley
Crew
Phillip Barker
Suzanne Benoit
John Buchan
Lisa Burling
Catherine Crawford
Robert Crowther
Mychael Danna
Bob Davidson
Greg Denny
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Eve Egoyan
Harper Forbes
Alice Foster
Marcy Gerstein
Doug Gillespie
Michele Halberstadt
Debra Hanson
Yi-jia Susanne Hou
Barry Isenor
Jason Knight
Jim Lambie
Robert Lantos
Steven Munro
Steven Munro
Daniel J Murphy
Daniel Pellerin
Laurent Petin
Marc Roussel
Jan Rudy
Paul Sarossy
Bissa Scekic
Zinka Shankland
Susan Shipton
Stephen Traynor
Stephen Traynor
Simone Urdl
Paul Vernon
Jennifer Weiss
Alice Wickwire Foster
Douglas Wilinson
Eardley Wilmot
Winona Zelenka
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Ecumenical award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring May 8, 2009
Released in United States on Video October 13, 2009
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States 2009
Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 15-30, 2008.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 23-May 7, 2009.
Released in United States Spring May 8, 2009 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video October 13, 2009
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at London Film Festival (Film on the Square) October 15-30, 2008.)
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 2-10, 2008.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 23-May 7, 2009.)
