In 1986, Atom Egoyan read an article about a Jordanian who hid a bomb in his pregnant girlfriend’s handbag. In his latest film he tells the tale of orphan Simon (Devon Bostick), who translates said article at school. Simon identifies with the unborn child, imagining his dead father were the assassin. Egoyan construes an intense family history of provocative complexity, using real and imagined flashbacks to treat a number of post-9/11 issues, such as the deceptiveness of outward appearances.

Director: Atom Egoyan
Screenplay: Atom Egoyan
Cast: Arsinée Khanjian Devon Bostick Scott Speedman Rachel Blanchard
Producer: Atom Egoyan Simone Urdl Jennifer Weiss
Orig. Titel: Adoration
Section: Agenda 12
Original language: English
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
Music: Mychael Danna
DoP: Paul Sarossy
Set Designer: Phillip Barker
Editor: Susan Shipton
Format: 35 mm

German Distributor: X Verleih AG
World Sales: Maximum Film International, 9 Price Street, Toronto, ON M4W 1Z1, Canada, Tel: +1 416 960 0300, Fax: +1 416 960 8656, www.maximumfilms.ca
Production Company: The Film Farm; Ego Films Art; Serendipity Point Films