Adoration (2019)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Adoration |
| Country of production | France , Belgium |
| original language | French , Flemish |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fabrice Du Welz |
| script | Fabrice Du Welz, Vincent Tavier , Romain Protat |
| production |
Manuel Chiche , Violaine Barbaroux, Vincent Tavier |
| music | Vincent Cahay |
| camera | Manuel Dacosse |
| cut | Anne-Laure Guégan |
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Adoration is a coming-of-age film and thriller by Fabrice Du Welz , which premiered at the Locarno Festival in August 2019 and was released in Belgian cinemas on January 15, 2020.
action
12-year-old Paul lives alone with his mother, who works as a cleaning lady in a private clinic in the middle of a remote forest. In this clinic, Dr. Loisel rich people with severe mental illness. When he's not helping his mother with her work, Paul goes into the forest to watch the birds, which is his great passion.
One day, Gloria, a schizophrenic teenager in about 15, comes to the clinic. Paul falls in love with her immediately. A young love and a deep friendship develop between the two. Believing Gloria is in danger, and contrary to the adults' warnings, Paul helps her escape the clinic.
production
The director was Fabrice Du Welz , who also wrote the script together with Romain Protat and Vincent Tavier .
The film received a production grant of EUR 240,000 from Eurimages and a further grant from Wallimage.
The shooting took place in the summer of 2018 in Belgium, in Froyennes, the province of Hainaut and in Küchelscheid, on an abandoned campsite and on the nearby Scharzbachsee.
In August 2019, Adoration was presented for the first time at the Locarno Festival . In the same month it was shown at the Sarajevo Film Festival . At the end of September and beginning of October 2019 it was shown at the Hamburg Film Festival . In early October 2019 he was also presented at the London Film Festival . The film was released in Belgian cinemas on January 15, 2020.
reception
Reviews
The film has so far won over 92 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
Awards
Locarno Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Variety Piazza Grande Award ( Fabrice Du Welz )
Odesa International Film Festival 2020
- Nomination in the international competition (Fabrice Du Welz)
Sitges Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for Best Film in the Official Fantàstic Competition (Fabrice du Welz)
- Award for best film with the Melies d'Argent (Fabrice du Welz)
- Received the Special Jury Award (Fabrice du Welz)
- Award for the best camera - Official Fantàstic Competition ( Manu Dacosse )
Web links
- Adoration in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Adoration at crew united
- Adoration in the Locarno Film Festival program
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adoration. In: locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved August 17, 2019
- ↑ Kinoscope 2019 Lineup Unveiled. In: sff.ba. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ↑ Adoration. In: filmfesthamburg.de. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ Adoration. In: bfi.org.uk. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ Adoration. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ The 11th Odesa International Film Festival International Competition Program Announced. In: oiff.com, August 20, 2020.
- ↑ The eagerly-awaited 'Ready or Not', the Lovecraftian 'Color Out of Space' and the Spanish-Argentinean co-production '4x4', leading off the preview of new Sitges 2019 titles. In: sitgesfilmfestival.com, August 30, 2019.
- ^ Emilio Mayorga: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's debut 'The Platform' Tops Sitges Awards. In: Variety, October 12, 2019.