Adoration

Apr 15, 2009

1h 40m

★ 5.9

Some stories are too dangerous to tell.

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Serendipity Point Films

ARP Sélection

Ego Film Arts

Téléfilm Canada

The Film Farm

Adoration Trailers

Cast

Simon

Devon Bostick

Tom

Scott Speedman

Sabine

Arsinée Khanjian

Rachel

Rachel Blanchard

Morris

Kenneth Welsh

Sami

Noam Jenkins

Security Officer

Yuval Daniel

Delivery Guy

Jeremy Wright

Young Simon

Louca Tassone

Hannah

Katie Boland

Nick

Thomas Hauff

Taxi Driver

Dominic Cuzzocrea

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