Adoration
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 (more...)
Rated R for language
Length: 100 minutes
Released: May 8, 2009 LimitedCast: Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Kenneth Welsh, Devon Bostick, Aaron Poole
Director: Atom EgoyanProducer: Atom Egoyan
Writer: Atom Egoyan
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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