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Adoration

2009 · 100 min

A quiet, cerebral puzzle that unfolds through layered perspectives, inviting you to question every story told.

Tagline
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.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • deception
  • family
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Atom Egoyan
Written by
Atom Egoyan
Starring
Devon Bostick, Scott Speedman, Arsinée Khanjian, Rachel Blanchard, Kenneth Welsh, Noam Jenkins, Yuval Daniel, Jeremy Wright
Music
Mychael Danna
Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
Hebrew, French, English

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