Ararat
This remarkable, intricate movie from Atom Egoyan (
The Sweet Hereafter
) centers around the making of a film about the genocide of Armenians in Turkey in 1915--but this is not a dry, didactic historical re-enactment.
Ararat
unspools multiple storylines around Ani (Arsinee Khanjian), an art historian hired as a consultant on the film; her son Raffi (David Alpay); his stepsister, with whom Raffi is in love even though she believes that his mother is responsible for her father's suicide; an actor (Elias Koteas) hired to play the Turkish officer who organized the genocide; and a customs officer (Christopher Plummer), who holds Raffi for questioning under suspicion of smuggling heroin. All these characters, combined with the movie within the movie, intertwine in a complex yet powerfully emotional examination of memory (both cultural and personal), loyalty (to one's family, to one's heritage), creativity, and the subjectivity of truth.
--Bret Fetzer
| uuid: |
47728B97-0983-491A-942F-D1C6CEDCA496 |
| upc: |
0786936221008 |
| title: |
Ararat |
| theatricalDate: |
01-01-2002 |
| stars: |
Charles Aznavour
Eric Bogosian
Brent Carver |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Buena Vista Home Vid |
| published: |
22-07-2003 |
| price: |
$14.99 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
115 |
| last lookup time: |
152889136 |
| genre: |
Political Drama
Politics
Canada
Mothers & Sons
Haunted by the Past
Ensemble Films |
| fullTitle: |
Ararat |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen
Dolby |
| director: |
Atom Egoyan |
| currentValue: |
$7.15 |
| created: |
152889088 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00005JLR5
|
