Surfing, sun and secret affairs

101 minutes (MA15+) Anne Fontaine Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville

Nick Dent IN A secluded beachside community, Lil ( Naomi Watts) and Roz ( Robin Wright), inseparable friends since childhood, embark upon simultaneous affairs with each other’s teenage sons — Lil with Tom (James Frecheville), Roz with Ian (Xavier Samuel).

It’s a storyline that could have come straight out of Greek myth, where tales of family creepiness are standard. In fact, Adoration’s source is an urban legend. Nobel prize-winning British author Doris Lessing heard the story of an alleged sonswap in Australia and