Additional information for Adoration, which has a domestic theatrical release set for May 8, 2009. The film is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and has not yet been rated. Adoration has a total running time of 101 minutes.
R
USA
12
Netherlands
PG
Canada
M
Australia
M18
Singapore
15
UK
13
Argentina
M/12
Portugal
12
Germany
101min
Adoração
Brazil
Adoração
Portugal
Adoration
Greece
Adoration
Spain
Adoración
Argentina
Adoracja
Poland
Imádat
Hungary
Obdiv
Czech Republic
Simons Geheimnis
Germany
Tapinma
Turkey
May 22, 2008
France
September 08, 2008
Canada
September 13, 2008
Canada
September 19, 2008
Canada
September 27, 2008
Germany
October 03, 2008
Brazil
October 06, 2008
Canada
October 10, 2008
Belgium
October 13, 2008
Poland
October 17, 2008
Brazil
October 20, 2008
UK
October 31, 2008
Spain
March 26, 2009
Hong Kong
March 27, 2009
Czech Republic
April 12, 2009
Turkey
April 15, 2009
France
April 24, 2009
Canada
April 25, 2009
USA
May 08, 2009
USA
May 21, 2009
Germany
June 12, 2009
South Africa
June 25, 2009
Netherlands
October 26, 2009
Greece
November 11, 2009
Argentina
December 02, 2009
Brazil
January 29, 2010
UK
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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.
Simon is a young orphan being raised under the care of his uncle Tom. The early scenes of the film show him filming his conversation in the hospital with his dying grandfather. Through the eyes of Simon we see the grandfather as a caring, wise man, while through the perspective of his uncle we see the racist, backwards side. Simon's grandfather hated Simon's father and claims that he intended to kill Simon's mother in the car crash when, as Simon finds out at the film's conclusion, he had an eye condition. This condition prevented him from being able to drive at night, as the glare from oncoming headlights would blind him. The evening of the car crash reveals a different side of the story, causing the memories of each character to meet head on, connecting disparate stories of each character to unite in an Egoyanesque conclusion.Simon's family narrative is cleverly knit into a news story presented to Simon by his high school French teacher as a translation exercise. An article is read by the teacher about an attempted bombing of an aircraft by a man who put explosives in his pregnant wife's luggage. Simon gets the idea to translate the story and write it from the perspective of the child in the woman's womb. The teacher encourages Simon to develop his story as a drama exercise, however Simon presents it to the class and to the world via the Internet as if he really was that child. The teacher's silence, as we find out later, is owing to her relationship with Simon's late father who died, with his mother, in a car crash when he was still a child. The narrative of the car crash and the attempted bombing of the plane become intertwined as a way for the characters to deal with their past experiences, which they have all been trying to deny.The film is about a search for identity in a digital age where the truth is oftentimes irrelevant. Simon's story of his suicide bomber father is met on the Internet with sympathy, anger, and even support as we see a skinhead on webcam telling Simon that his father was a hero. The alienation experienced by Simon in relation to the world-wide response he receives to this made-up story ultimately serves as a mechanism that forces him to turn away from his computer and video screen to face the actual issues he experienced as a child. Simon's story takes a twist that involves all the other characters in his life, everyone's narrative culminating in the piecing together of a fragmented past that needed to be re-examined in order for those in the present to be healed and re-connect with the people in their lives.
Atom Egoyan
Director(s)
Atom Egoyan
Writer(s)
Atom Egoyan
producer
Marcy Gerstein
associate producer
Robert Lantos
executive producer
Laurent Pétin
executive producer
Michèle Pétin
executive producer (as Michele Halberstadt)
Stephen Traynor
line producer
Simone Urdl
producer
Jennifer Weiss
producer
Producer(s)
Mychael Danna
Composer(s)
Simon
Devon Bostick
Rachel
Rachel Blanchard
Young Simon
Louca Tassone
Morris
Kenneth Welsh
Security Agent
Yuval Daniel
Tom
Scott Speedman
Delivery Guy
Jeremy Wright
Sabine
Arsinée Khanjian
Sami
Noam Jenkins
Nick
Thomas Hauff
Car Owner
Martin Roach
Berating Woman
Ieva Lucs
Hannah
Katie Boland
Jennifer
Hailee Sisera
Student On-Line
Lia Bellefontaine
Student On-Line
Jermaine Crooks
Student On-Line
Hannah Fogel
Student On-Line
Celeste Howard
Student On-Line
Jamie McMillan
Student On-Line
Yunus Mohamed
Student On-Line
Nariné Martiros-Gharakhanian
Student On-Line
Victor Nhan
Student On-Line
Tristan Parlette
Student On-Line
Lucas Paulino
Student On-Line
June Rogers
Student On-Line
Kevin Tung
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Jack Blum
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Maury Chaykin
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Sharon Corder
Passenger & Professor On-Libe
Vera Frenkel
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Marc Glassman
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Shel Goldstein
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Paul Soles
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Janice Stein
Carole
Geraldine O'Rawe
Parking Security
Duane Murray
Taxi Driver (as Domenic Cuzzocrea)
Dominic Cuzzocrea
School Principal
Tony Nardi
Daniel
Aaron Poole
Granddaughter
Soo Garay
Director(s)
Writer(s)
producer
Marcy Gerstein
associate producer
Robert Lantos
executive producer
Laurent Pétin
executive producer
Michèle Pétin
executive producer (as Michele Halberstadt)
Stephen Traynor
line producer
Simone Urdl
producer
Jennifer Weiss
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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