AraratCanada / France
2002, 115min.
Script/Dir. Atom Egoyan, Dir. of Phot. P.Sarossy, Compos. M.Danna, Prod. A.Egoyan, R.Lantos.
Cast: D.Alpay, A.Khanjian, C.Plummer, Ch.Aznavour, M.-J. Croze, E.Bogossian, B.Carver, B.Greenwood, E.Koteas, S.Abkarian.
A film in a film, this is a contemporary story of the making of a historical epic about the Armenian genocide of 1915 - 1918. The story line follows how making the film transforms the life of an 18-year old man hired as a driver on the set. | Egoyan, Atom Atom Egoyan (born in 1961, Cairo)
Grew up in Victoria, Western Canada. Moved to Toronto in 1978, where he studied international relations and classical guitar, joined a film club and began making his first films. He has also directed opera (“Salome,” 1996) and written an opera of his own (“Elsewhereless,” 1998).
Filmography
Open house (1981), Next of Kin (1984), Family Viewing (1987), Speaking Parts (1989), The Adjuster (1991), Calendar (1993), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Felicia's Journey (1999), Krapp's Last Tape (2000), Diaspora (2001).
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