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Release Date
• USA: Nov 15, 2002
• UK: 18 Apr 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 22, 2003
Official Website:
Ararat Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Country Canada, France
Production Companies
ARP Sélection, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Astral Films, Ego Film Arts, Serendipity Point Films, Super Écran (Premier Choix: TVEC Inc.), The Harold Greenberg Fund, The Movie Network (TMN), Téléfilm Canada
Studio Alliance Atlantis Communications, ARP, Atom Egoyan Film, Ego Films Art, Miramax, Robert Lantos Production, Serendipity Point Films
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Genre: Drama, Gay/Lesbian, Doctor, Political, Disturbing
Tagline: In a world full of denial, how do you determine who's telling the truth?
Plot: ARARAT, Atom Egoyan's mysterious drama about the horrors of the largely unknown Armenian genocide in Turkey, unrolls through a film within the film (also titled ARARAT). Jumping back and forth in time, Egoyan weaves together the lives of several people. Ari (Arsinee Khanjian), an art historian, is an advisor on the film. Her son Raffi (David Alplay) is part of the film crew. When Raffi travels to Armenia to gather some additional footage, he is detained by a customs agent (Christopher Plummer) and remains in custody for most of the film. Meanwhile, Raffi's stepsister and girlfriend Celia (Marie-Josee Croze) is haunted by her father's suicide. These and other stories within ARARAT are ostensibly linked through the film within a film. Yet, it is each character's quest for truth which binds them thematically and drives the plot. The film is populated with thematic twins, as each character's individual struggle is mirrored in the plight of the other characters. Egoyan works from his own script relying heavily on references to Arshile Gorky's painting "The Artist and his Mother" and Clarence Ussher's historical document, AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN IN TURKEY.
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| Directed by |
Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, Felicia's Journey |
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| Written by |
Atom Egoyan
The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, Felicia's Journey |
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| Cast |
Eric Bogosian
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Dolores Claiborne |
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