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Ararat (2002)
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Ratings: 6.6/10 from 7,324 users
Metascore:
62/100
Reviews: 178 user | 74 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide claims. Director:Atom EgoyanWriter:Atom Egoyan |
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Setta Keshishian | ... |
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Wailing Mother
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Shant Srabian | ... |
Dinner Guest #3
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Doctor #1
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Celia
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Ali
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Jevdet Bay
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Brent Carver | ... |
Philip
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Tony
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Christie MacFadyen | ... |
Janet
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Dawn Roach | ... |
Customs Officer
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Lousnak Abdalian | ... |
Gorky's Mother
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Storyline
People tell stories. In Toronto, an art historian lectures on Arshile Gorky (1904?-1948), an Armenian painter who lived through the genocide in Turkey in 1915. A director invites the historian to help him include Gorky's story in a film about the genocide and Turkish assault on the town of Van. The historian's family is under stress: her son is in love with his step-sister, who blames the historian for the death of her father. The daughter wants to revisit her father's death and change that story. An aging customs agent tells his son about his long interview with the historian's son, who has returned from Turkey with canisters of film. Parents and children. All the stories connect. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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A Quest For Truth... Among Lies, Deception And Denial. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Ararát See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$211,130 (USA) (17 November 2002) (6 Screens)Gross:
$1,554,566 (USA) (26 January 2003)Company Credits
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1) The historical events in this film have been substantiated by holocaust scholars, national archives, and eyewitness accounts, including that of Clarence Ussher.
2) To this day, Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915. See more »
Written by Gord Downie (as Gordon Downie) and Atom Egoyan
Performed by Gord Downie (as Gordon Downie)
From the album "Coke Machine Glow"
Courtesy of Wiener Art Records - copyright 2000
Copyright 2000 - Wiener Art (SOCAN)/Egoyan Ego Film Arts (SOCAN) See more »
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Was screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Atom Egoyan's prior film ( Felicia's Journey ) and his subsequent film ( Where the Truth Lies ) were both nominated for the Palme D'Or at Cannes. See more »Quotes
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: [to Edward Saroyan] I think the Turks had a real reason to believe that the Armenians were a threat to their security. I mean, their eastern border was threatened by Russia and, I mean, if they believed that the Armenians were gonna betray them; so this was their war. Populations get moved around all the time.See more »
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Closing disclaimers:1) The historical events in this film have been substantiated by holocaust scholars, national archives, and eyewitness accounts, including that of Clarence Ussher.
2) To this day, Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915. See more »
Connections
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) See more »Soundtracks
"Mystery"Written by Gord Downie (as Gordon Downie) and Atom Egoyan
Performed by Gord Downie (as Gordon Downie)
From the album "Coke Machine Glow"
Courtesy of Wiener Art Records - copyright 2000
Copyright 2000 - Wiener Art (SOCAN)/Egoyan Ego Film Arts (SOCAN) See more »
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