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30 November 1984 (Canada)
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Twenty-three-year old Peter Foster is an only child who lives at home, where he constantly hears his parents arguing...
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2 wins
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2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot
(From ioncinema. 19 November 2012, 2:30 PM, PST)
Atom Egoyan to receive Mannheim award
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 7 October 2009, 1:00 AM, PDT)
At Tiff: Chloe
(From Movieline. 14 September 2009, 10:45 AM, PDT)
(From ioncinema. 19 November 2012, 2:30 PM, PST)
Atom Egoyan to receive Mannheim award
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 7 October 2009, 1:00 AM, PDT)
At Tiff: Chloe
(From Movieline. 14 September 2009, 10:45 AM, PDT)
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a promising debut
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Cast
(in credits order) | Patrick Tierney | ... | Peter Foster / Bedros Deryan |
| Berj Fazalian | ... | George Deryan |
| Sirvart Fazlian | ... | Sonya Deryan |
 | Arsinée Khanjian | ... | Azah Deryan |
| Margaret Loveys | ... | Mrs. Foster |
| Thomas Tierney | ... | Mr. Foster |
| Phil Rash | ... | Foster Counsellor |
| Paul Babiak | ... | Deryan Counsellor |
| Constantino Magnatta | ... | Video Operator (as Tino Magnatta) |
| Andrew Coyne | ... | Counsellor in Elevator |
| Peg Christopherson | ... | Counsellor in Elevator |
| Linzee Collins | ... | Receptionist |
| Robert Kosoy | ... | Boy in Store |
| Charmaine Lord | ... | Stripper |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hagop Apkarian | ||
| Puzant Apkarian | ||
| Kaloust Babian | ||
| Arsho Basmajian | ||
| Isa Basmajian | ||
| Silva Basmajian | ||
 | Lindsay Collins | ... | Receptionist |
| Camelia Frieberg | ||
| Irwin Haller | ||
| Nadya Hamparian | ||
| Simon Hasserjian | ||
| Kevork Kharshafdjian | ||
| Sylvia Kharshafdjian | ||
| Assadour Kirijian | ||
| Arsinée Melikian | ||
| Arthur Melikian | ||
| Garbis Melikian | ||
| Vivian Palin | ||
| Sirvart Papazian | ||
| Hurrie Tikiryan-Dwyer | ||
| Hripsime Trpandjian | ||
| Judy White | ||
| Pierre Yeremian | ||
 | Atom Egoyan | ... | Birthday Guest / Man Taking Suitcase at Airport (uncredited) |
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| Atom Egoyan | |||
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| Atom Egoyan | ||
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| Atom Egoyan | .... | producer | |
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| Peter Mettler | |||
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| Atom Egoyan | |||
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| Ross Nichol | |||
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| Camelia Frieberg | .... | production manager | |
| Jeremy Podeswa | .... | production manager | |
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| Daniel Pellerin | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| David Rokeby | .... | sound realizations | |
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| Marc Mercury | .... | stunts | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Bruce McDonald | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| George Doering | .... | musician | |
Other crew | |||
| Atom Egoyan | .... | classical guitar | |
| Susan Haller | .... | script supervisor | |
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Director Cameo: [Atom Egoyan]passenger taking his suitcase at the airport.See more »
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Perhaps true family ties are only possible with someone else's family; that's the premise behind writer/director Atom Egoyan's disarming feature debut. The film itself is admittedly slim, running only 72 minutes and resting on the most slender thread of a plot, in which the disenchanted only son of an alienated Anglo Saxon household 'adopts' an Armenian family by posing as their long-lost son, becoming so enriched by the experience he decides to make it a permanent arrangement. Nothing much else happens, but Egoyan fleshes out the skeletal framework with plenty of tender, funny observations, minimizing the video-age pretensions that would mark his subsequent features. In this slight, engaging fable the director exhibits all the earmarks of an embryonic talent taking his first, assured steps.