Calendar
- 1993
- 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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A woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.A woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.A woman stays in Armenia after her photographer husband completes his assignment and returns home to Canada.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film was mostly improvised, and made for barely $80,000.
- ConnectionsEdited into 365 Days, also Known as a Year (2019)
- SoundtracksBlue Feeling
Written and Arranged by John Grimaldi
Performed by Studebaker John and the Hawks
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This is a wonderful little film that I recently saw on a friend's recommendation, knowing virtually nothing about it except that I'd immensely enjoyed Atom Egoyan's "Exotica" and "the Sweet Hereafter". "Calendar" is not nearly as tragic as those two films; it concerns itself with the sadness of the disintegration of a relationship, but there is a subtle comedy to the film as well. The film is an experiment with a very specific, rigid, yet somehow apt structure: the film has twelve segments, one for each page of a beautiful calendar hanging by its photographer's phone. Laced into this structure is the story of the photographer and his wife's trip to Armenia, and the conflict that arises out of their different reactions to being in the land of their ancestry. It's all very well-told, and even though there is an element of inevitability, reinforced by the structure, the film never really strays into the realm of predictability. Finally, there are moments when the film seems to toy with breaking the sanctity of the fourth wall. This goes beyond the fact that the photographer and his wife are actually played by Mr. Egoyan and his wife. It's impossible to describe briefly and without spoiling the humor, though. If you're intrigued, check it out! You'll be glad.
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- Budget
- CA$80,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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