Atom Egoyan's Adoration, a film about a teenaged boy who tells a false story to his class about his Arab father that unleashes a debate on the Internet, won the Ecumenical Jury Prize for promoting spiritual values. The jury commended Egoyan's film for encouraging viewers to “re-evaluate existing clichés about the Other or that which is foreign in our own culture and religion.”
Egoyan won the same award in 1997 for The Sweet Hereafter.
Adoration is also in competition for the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded on Sunday night.
Egoyan won the same award in 1997 for The Sweet Hereafter.
Adoration is also in competition for the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded on Sunday night.
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