Adoration (2009)
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $4,700,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $375,555.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 6.142 |
Directed By
Atom Egoyan
Crew
Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan
Mychael Danna
Tom Turnbull
Marcy Gerstein
Michèle Pétin
Douglas Wilkinson
Phillip Barker
Jessie Hutchins
Simone Urdl
Stephen Traynor
David Drainie Taylor
Atom Egoyan
Zinka Tuminski
Craig Boland
Steve Munro
Jennifer Weiss
Paul Sarossy
Bissa Scekic
James Binkley
Robert Lantos
Paul Shikata
Lisa Burling
John Buchan
Suzanne Benoit
Steve Munro
Ava Stone
Stephen Traynor
Rudy Rivas
Debra Hanson
Jason Knight
Barry Isenor
Brock Jolliffe
Robert Crowther
Laurent Pétin
Susan Shipton
Jim Lambie
TOP CAST
Devon Bostick
Simon
Scott Speedman
Tom
Arsinée Khanjian
Sabine
Rachel Blanchard
Rachel
Kenneth Welsh
Morris
Noam Jenkins
Sami
Yuval Daniel
Security Officer
Jeremy Wright
Delivery Guy
Louca Tassone
Young Simon
Katie Boland
Hannah
Thomas Hauff
Nick
Dominic Cuzzocrea
Taxi Driver
Geraldine O'Rawe
Carol
Aaron Poole
Daniel
Maury Chaykin
Passenger & Professor On-Line
Martin Roach
Car Owner
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