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Adoration / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Serendipity Point Films and ARP Selection present an Ego Film Arts Production in association with the Film Farm ; a film by Atom Egoyan ; produced by Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss ; written, produced and directed by Atom Egoyan.
LIBRA DVD 018 129
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Orphans--Drama.
- Orphans.
- Terrorists.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Grandparent and child.
- Parents--Death.
- Parents--Death--Drama.
- Parents.
- Grandparent and child--Drama.
- Teacher-student relationships--Drama.
- Translating and interpreting--Drama.
- Terrorists--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : E1 Entertainment, [2009]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with subtitles in English.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC ; region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Simon is a young orphan being raised by his uncle Tom. As his grandfather lay dying, Simon discovers how racist and backwards his uncle is. Simon's grandfather hated Simon's father and claims that he intentionally killed Simon's mother in a car crash. Simon's family narrative is cleverly knit into a news story presented to Simon by his high school French teacher as a translation exercise. The 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, present it to the class and to the world via the Internet as if he really was that 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. Simon's story takes a twist that involves everyone in his life.
- Participant:
- Arsinée Khanijian, Scott Speedman, Rachel Blanchard, Noam Jenkins, Devon Bostick, Kenneth Welsh.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Paul Sarossy ; editor, Susan Shipton ; music, Mychael Danna.
- Notes:
- Aspect ratio 1.78:1.
- DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
- Special features: "The making of Adoration" featurette; "The violin shop" featurette; "Take three" featurette; deleted scenes.
- OCLC:
- 670824871
- Publisher Number:
- 774212101434
- 210143 DV
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