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Adoration

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101 Minutes – Drama
Release date: May 8, 2008
DVD release date: October 13, 2009
Canadian Distributor: Entertainment One

Billed as a teen drama that will examine how kids redefine themselves through the Internet, Adoration is Atom Egoyan`s twelfth feature. In it he explores the themes of technology, terrorism and fear. The story centres on a high school student, Simon (Devon Bostick). Simon lives with his well-meaning, struggling uncle Tom (Scott Speedman), who increasingly shuts him out, which propels Simon toward his mysterious French teacher Sabine (Arsinée Khanjian). One day his French class is asked to translate a news article about a man who put his pregnant girlfriend on a flight to Israel with explosives in her hand luggage. A security guard discovers it and saves the passengers on the plane, including the young woman and her unborn child. Simon uses this exercise to begin digging into his own family`s past. His resulting claims about the deaths of his father Sami (Noam Jenkins) and mother Rachel (Rachel Blanchard) create a storm when he uses the Internet to send it out into cyberspace and the real world beyond with unexpectedly widespread and forceful results.

Poster and photo courtesy of Entertainment One. Used with permission.

Adoration, 2007 movie, poster,

Crew:

Producer:

Atom Egoyan
Simone Urdl
Jennifer Weiss

Executive Producer:

Robert Lantos
Laurent Pétin
Michele Halberstadt

Associate Producer:

Marcy Gerstein

Line Producer:

Stephen Traynor

Director:

Atom Egoyan

Screenwriter:

Atom Egoyan

Cinematographer:

Paul Sarossy

Editor:

Susan Shipton

Composer:

Mychael Danna

Production Designer:

Phillip Barker

Art Director:

Barry Isenor

Costume Designer:

Debra Hanson

Cast: Roles:

Scott Speedman
Rachel Blanchard
Kenneth Welsh
Devon Bostick
Aaron Poole
Dominic Cuzzocrea
Katie Boland
Noam Jenkins
Arsinée Khanjian
Geraldine O’Rawe
Duane Murray
Hailee Sisera
Tony Nardi
Paul Soles

Jack Blum
Maury Chaykin
Yuval Daniel

Tom
Rachel
Morris
Simon
Daniel
Cab Driver
Hannah
Sami
Sabine
Carole
Parking Security
Jennifer
School Principal
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Security Agent