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Ararat

2002 · 115 min · Drama

Atom Egoyan's layered drama unfolds around the making of a film about the Armenian genocide, weaving together a young man questioned at customs, an art historian, and a filmmaker as past atrocity and present memory bleed into one another.

Why it’s here

A Canadian film about Armenian genocide memory and its transmission through the diaspora.

Runtime
115 min
Genre
Drama · War · History
Mood
tense · thoughtful · dreamlike
Entry
easy entry
Best for
first visit

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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