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Adoration

Adoration

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Adoration

"Some stories are too dangerous to tell."

2009

1h 40m

5.8(54 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

For his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story involving terrorism, and goes on to invite an Internet audience in on the resulting controversy.

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Serendipity Point Films

ARP Sélection

Ego Film Arts

The Film Farm

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Devon Bostick

Devon Bostick

Simon

Scott Speedman

Scott Speedman

Tom

Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian

Sabine

Rachel Blanchard

Rachel Blanchard

Rachel

Kenneth Welsh

Kenneth Welsh

Morris

Noam Jenkins

Noam Jenkins

Sami

Yuval Daniel

Security Officer

Jeremy Wright

Delivery Guy

Louca Tassone

Young Simon

Katie Boland

Katie Boland

Hannah

Creative team

Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Written by: Atom Egoyan
Produced by: Atom Egoyan
Jennifer Weiss

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