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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Atom Egoyan (written by)
Release Date:
4 September 2002 (France)
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Tagline:
A Quest For Truth... Among Lies, Deception And Denial. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
12 wins
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9 nominations
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(12 articles)
Interview: In "Adoration" of Atom Egoyan
(From GreenCine. 13 October 2009, 3:36 PM, PDT)
Atom Egoyan interview for "Adoration"
(From Movie Jungle. 22 May 2009)
(From GreenCine. 13 October 2009, 3:36 PM, PDT)
Atom Egoyan interview for "Adoration"
(From Movie Jungle. 22 May 2009)
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Egoyan disappoints in Ararat
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Simon Abkarian | ... | Arshile Gorky |
| Charles Aznavour | ... | Edward Sorayan |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | David |
 | Arsinée Khanjian | ... | Ani |
| Setta Keshishian | ... | Dinner Guest / Wailing Mother |
 | David Alpay | ... | Raffi |
| Shant Srabian | ... | Dinner Guest #3 / Doctor #1 |
| Marie-Josée Croze | ... | Celia |
 | Elias Koteas | ... | Ali / Jevdet Bay |
| Brent Carver | ... | Philip |
 | Max Morrow | ... | Tony |
| Christie MacFadyen | ... | Janet |
| Dawn Roach | ... | Customs Officer |
 | Garen Boyajian | ... | Young Gorky |
| Lousnak Abdalian | ... | Gorky's Mother |
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language.
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Runtime:
USA:115 min
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R13 |
Germany:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Denmark:15 |
France:U |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Singapore:R(A) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:MA |
Iceland:16
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Raffi:
Were you serious about what you told him?
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What?
Raffi: That you don't think it happened?
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What, the genocide?
Raffi: Yeah.
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Are yuo gnna shoot me or something? Look, I never heard about any of this stuff when I was growing up. You know? I did some research for the part. From what I read there were deportations and lots of people died. Armenians and Turks. It was World War 1.
Raffi: But Turkey wasn't at war with the Armenians. I mean, just like Germany wasn't at war with the Jews. They were citizens. They were expecting to be protected. That scene you just shot was based on an eyewitness account. Your character Jevdet Bey, the only reason they put him in Van was to carry out the complete extermination of the Armenian population in Van. There were telegrams, there were communicators...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look I'm not saying that something didn't happen.
Raffi: Something...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look, I was born here. So were you right?
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Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What?
Raffi: That you don't think it happened?
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What, the genocide?
Raffi: Yeah.
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Are yuo gnna shoot me or something? Look, I never heard about any of this stuff when I was growing up. You know? I did some research for the part. From what I read there were deportations and lots of people died. Armenians and Turks. It was World War 1.
Raffi: But Turkey wasn't at war with the Armenians. I mean, just like Germany wasn't at war with the Jews. They were citizens. They were expecting to be protected. That scene you just shot was based on an eyewitness account. Your character Jevdet Bey, the only reason they put him in Van was to carry out the complete extermination of the Armenian population in Van. There were telegrams, there were communicators...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look I'm not saying that something didn't happen.
Raffi: Something...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look, I was born here. So were you right?
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Mystery
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Although it was loudly promoted, I have not seen much positive critique of this film, other than those written by Armenians. When I watched it at the gala opening of TIFF, I wondered how such a dark film was chosen for opening night. There should be some politics involved. Ararat is a chauvinistic story filled with religious symbolism. Evil Turks (Muslim) versus innocent Armenian (Christian). American savior (missionary Dr. Ussher) in troubled lands..Difficult to watch..
Everything seems out of context and hang in the air because a central theme in that time slice of Anatolian history, namely the struggle for more territory between Turks and Armenians is avoided, missed or obscured. As a matter of fact, Ottoman Empire was colapsing and not only Armenians but also Greeks, Slavs and Arabs were trying to get a bigger territory out of it. Anatolian tragedy is still a tragedy even if one of the parties would not be presented as pure innocents. Egoyan had a very powerful story to be told but he missed it badly. He said that he gave voice also the Turks, but there is only one Turk in the movie (Ali) who is depicted as a unrefined, cruel man.
I was expecting better from Egoyan. A twisted story makes a bad film even at the hands of a good artist like Egoyan..