Adoration

Middle School Student Simon (Devon Bostick Her parents died in a car accident. She has been living with her uncle Tom these years. In the last days of his grandfather's life, Simon used images to record his memories and collage a gradually blurred image of his parents...Simon's teacher Sabine (Arsinée Khanjian) ) assigned the next translation assignment, which was about the narrator's memories of his parents' involvement in a terrorist attack. Simon merged with the narrator during the completion of the assignment, causing the students to mistakenly believe that he was telling his private affairs in public. Sabine asked Simon to continue writing. The students' interactive discussion in the online video was quite lively. Some teachers, parents and even strangers also participated, expressing their views on the son of a "terrorist". Tom, who makes a living by towing a trailer, meets Sabine by chance. After some contact, Tom discovers that the other party is actually the ex-wife of his dead brother-in-law. Sabine also interrogates Tom's spiritual burden that he does not want to reveal... The film won the 2008 Tokyo Film Festival jury vote for the best Canadian film.