Ararat
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.
R
HD
Drama, War
2002
115 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Ararat
- Duration : 115 min
- Languages : English, Armenian, French, German, Turkish
- Writers : Atom Egoyan
- Directors : Atom Egoyan min
- Imdb : 6.6 (8429 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.6 (4579 votes)
- Actors : Simon Abkarian, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Arsinèe Khanjian
Movie 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.