Starring: Rachel Blanchard, Scott Speedman
Director: Atom Egoyan
Category: Drama
Rated: R
Sabine (Arsinee Khanjian), a high school French teacher, gives her class a translation exercise based on a real news story about a terrorist who plants a bomb in the airline luggage of his pregnant girlfriend. The assignment has a profound effect on one student, Simon (Devin Bostick), who lives with his uncle (Scott Speedman). In the course of translating, Simon re-imagines that the news item is his only family’s story, with the terrorist standing in for his father. Years ago, Simon’s father crashed the family car, killing both himself and his wife, making Simon an orphan. Simon has always feared that the accident was intentional.(Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
USA Today: ***1/2 (out of four)
Overall: *** (out of four)