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Adore

Year 2013
Runtime 100 mins
Language English
Alberta Premiere

Love triangles are complicated, messy things. Affairs are worse.

Adore follows the story of two lifelong friends, Lil (Naomi Watts) and Roz (Robin Wright). Both are widowed, and each have a young adult son. During a stay at an Australian beachfront property, they find themselves at odds when Roz begins a torrid affair with Lil’s son, Ian. This leads Lil to find comfort in the arms of the Roz’s son, Harold.

Passion threatens the relationship between all four as each mother—adoring her own son—grapples with the justification of her her own feelings.

A provocative exploration of the boundaries of friendship, Adore tests uncharted emotional territory—the kind fraught by the force of sensual desire, and its power to narrow our reasoning and sense.

Countries

Australia France
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2013, Montreal World Film Festival 2013, Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival 2013
Director
Anne Fontaine
Executive Producer
Sidonie Dumas, Troy Lum, Naomi Watts
Producer
Philippe Carcassonne, Michel Feller, Barbara Gibbs, Andrew Mason
Screenwriter
Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Doris Lessing
Cinematographer
Christophe Beaucarne
Editor
Luc Barnier, Ceinwen Berry
Production Design
Annie Beauchamp
Music
Christopher Gordon
Cast
Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frechevile