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Adoration

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 8, 2009

Summary: Sabine, 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. (Sony Classics)

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Runtime:	100 min
Rating:	Rated R for language.
Production:	Serendipity Point Films
Genres:	Drama
Country:	Canada
Languages:	English, French, Hebrew
Home Release Date:	Oct 13, 2009

Director	Credit
Atom Egoyan	Director

Writer	Credit
Atom Egoyan	Writer

Cast	Credit
Arsinée Khanjian	Sabine
Devon Bostick	Simon
Hailee Sisera	Jennifer
Ieva Lucs	Berating Woman
Jeremy Wright	Delivery Guy
Katie Boland	Hannah
Kenneth Welsh	Morris
Lia Bellefontaine	Student On-Line
Louca Tassone	Young Simon
Martin Roach	Car Owner
Noam Jenkins	Sami
Rachel Blanchard	Rachel
Scott Speedman	Tom
Thomas Hauff	Nick
Yuval Daniel	Security Officer

Producer	Credit
Atom Egoyan	Producer
Jennifer Weiss	Producer
Laurent Pétin	Executive Producer
Marcy Gerstein	Associate Producer
Michèle Pétin	Executive Producer
Robert Lantos	Executive Producer
Simone Urdl	Producer
Stephen Traynor	Line Producer