Adoration (2013 film)

Adoration (known in North America and the U.K. as Adore and in France as Perfect Mothers) is a 2013 drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It is Fontaine's first English-language film. It stars Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville. The film tells the story of a pair of middle-aged women who are life-long friends and have sex with each other's teenage sons, and the resultant emotional consequences of their ongoing affairs. It is based on a 2003 novella by British writer Doris Lessing called The Grandmothers.

Adoration (Adore)
Australian release poster
Directed byAnne Fontaine
Written byChristopher Hampton
Based onThe Grandmothers
by Doris Lessing
Produced byPhilippe Carcassonne
Michel Feller
Barbara Gibbs
Dominique Besnehard
StarringNaomi Watts
Robin Wright
CinematographyChristophe Beaucarne
Edited byLuc Barnier
Ceinwen Berry
Music byChristopher Gordon
Antony Partos
Production
companies
Hopscotch Films
Remstar
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • 18 January 2013 (2013-01-18) (Sundance)
  • 3 April 2013 (2013-04-03) (France)
  • 14 November 2013 (2013-11-14) (Australia)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesAustralia
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16 million
Box office$674,982 (Under the title Adore)
$1,886,042 (Under the title Two Mothers) $2,561,024 (Total)

The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival under its original title Two Mothers.

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