Adam Avenger
Showtime: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 10:00am
Director: Chris Trebilcock
Country: Canada
Adam is one 10 year old boy with a super-active imagination. He lives in a comic book universe where he is ‘Adam Avenger’; he sees the flashlights taped to his wrists as laser weapons and his yellow cape flows behind him as his outstretched arms allow him to fly. Lately, Adam has immersed himself even deeper into his super-hero world in order to cope with his parents’ recent separation. He unfairly blames his father for everything that’s wrong and sees Dad as a villain standing between him and the mother he worships and adores. When Mom tells Adam that he’s better off with his father, Adam schemes to expose Dad as absent and uncaring as a way to prove her wrong. He pretends to be in peril and in need of rescue from his mother but his plans soon go awry when real danger comes. Adam learns that real life is not how he imagined, and he finally sees his mom and dad for who they really are.