Adoration

Adoration (2020) is a Belgian-French drama you can watch online on iFILM. Paul, a quiet boy, lives with his mother at doctor Loisel's secluded clinic buried deep in the woods, spending his days wandering the forest and watching the wildlife. Then Gloria arrives among the patients — a girl close to his age, diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Paul falls for her at once, completely. Convinced that Gloria is in danger, he helps her slip away from the clinic, and the two children set off down the road with only the haziest idea of where they're heading. Their journey pulls them further in every sense — deeper into the wilderness and deeper into a fractured young mind. Fabrice Du Welz directs with his gift for unease, and Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin and Benoît Poelvoorde fill out the cast. It's a tender and frightening film about first love that can't tell rescue apart from obsession — not the pick for anyone hoping for a cozy romance. Stream Adoration (2020) online on iFILM.