''Adoration'' is a 2019 Belgian-French
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
Fabrice Du Welz and starring
Thomas Gioria,
Benoît Poelvoorde, and
Fantine Harduin. It was written by Du Welz with Vincent Tavier and Romain Protat. The film premiered at the
2019 Locarno Film Festival.
It received the
André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the
Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).
At the
11th Magritte Awards, ''Adoration'' received six nominations, including
Best Film and
Best Screenplay for Du Welz.
Cast
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Thomas Gioria as Paul
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Benoît Poelvoorde as Hinkel
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Fantine Harduin as Gloria
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Anaël Snoek as Simone
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Gwendolyn Gourvenec as Doctor Loisel
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Peter Van Den Begin
Peter Alfons Christiaan Van Den Begin (born 25 October 1964 in Berchem) is a Belgian actor and director. He has two daughters with actress and singer-songwriter Tine Reymer.
His very first theater performances include acting in such plays as ...
as Oscar Batts
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Laurent Lucas as Gloria's uncle
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Martha Canga Antonio as Jeanne
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Sandor Funtek as Lucien
Response
Critical reception
The film has received positive reviews and has an approval rating of on
Rotten Tomatoes
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, with an average rating of based on reviews.
Accolades
References
External links
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{{André Cavens Award
2019 films
2010s French-language films
2019 multilingual films
2019 thriller films
Belgian thriller films
2010s Dutch-language films
Films directed by Fabrice Du Welz
French thriller films
Belgian multilingual films
French multilingual films
2010s French films
Dutch-language Belgian films
French-language Belgian films
2010s Belgian films