Adoration (película de 2008)
Adoration es una película dramática canadiense de 2008 dirigida por Atom Egoyan y protagonizada por Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman y Devon Bostick. La cinta se estrenó en el Festival de Cannes de 2008.[1] Recibió el Premio del Jurado Ecuménico y estuvo nominada a la Palma de Oro. Ganó el Premio a la Mejor Película Canadiense en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto de 2008. Participó asimismo en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Francisco.
Trama
Profesora de francés de secundaria, Sabinelee a su clase una noticia como ejercicio de traducción donde se inform a de un terrorista que puso una bomba en el equipaje de su novia emarazada. If the bomb had been detonated, it would have killed her, her unborn child, and many others, but it was discovered in time by Israeli security personnel. Egoyan based the story partly on the 1986 asunto Hindawi.[2]
In the course of translating, Simon, who lives with his uncle Tom, imagines that the news item is his own family's story: that his Palestinian father Sami was the terrorist, the woman was his mother Rachel, an accomplished violinist, and he was her unborn child. Years ago, Sami crashed the family car, killing both himself and Rachel, making Simon an orphan. Influenced by his grandfather, who disliked Sami (the audience sees Simon filming him with his mobile phone when he talks to him), Simon has always feared that the crash was not an accident but intentional.
Sabine asks him to develop the story as a drama exercise, to read it to the class, and for dramatic effect to pretend that it really happened. He does so, and discussions evolve on the Internet about the story. Sabine is fired for making Simon lie.
Tom, who is a tow truck driver, tows Sabine's car away. Sabine follows him in a taxi, and by mobile phone she offers him a meal in a restaurant. Later she reveals to him that she had been married to Sami for 5 years, until Sami met Rachel.
Reparto
- Rachel Blanchard como Rachel.
- Scott Speedman como Tom.
- Devon Bostick como Simon.
- Arsinée Khanjian como Sabine.
- Kenneth Welsh como Morris.
- Noam Jenkins como Sami.
Referencias
- ↑ «Atom Egoyan's 'Adoration' to compete at Cannes». CTV Television Network. April 23, 2008. Consultado el August 19, 2009.
- ↑ Walsh, David (29 July 2009). «Atom Egoyan’s Adoration: Also not very compelling». World Socialist Web Site. International Committee of the Fourth International. Consultado el 8 de noviembre de 2009.
Enlaces externos
- Adoration en Internet Movie Database (en inglés).
- Adoration en Rotten Tomatoes (en inglés).
- Adoration en Metacritic (en inglés).