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Ararat (2002)
6.6
Ratings: 6.6/10 from 7,316 users
Metascore:
62/100
Reviews: 177 user | 74 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Atom EgoyanWriter:Atom Egoyan |
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| Christopher Plummer | ... |
David
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Setta Keshishian | ... |
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Wailing Mother
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Shant Srabian | ... |
Dinner Guest #3
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Doctor #1
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| Marie-Josée Croze | ... |
Celia
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| Elias Koteas | ... |
Ali
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Jevdet Bay
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Brent Carver | ... |
Philip
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Tony
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Christie MacFadyen | ... |
Janet
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Dawn Roach | ... |
Customs Officer
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Lousnak Abdalian | ... |
Gorky's Mother
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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. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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A Quest For Truth... Among Lies, Deception And Denial. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Ararát See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$211,130 (USA) (17 November 2002) (6 Screens)Gross:
$1,554,566 (USA) (26 January 2003)Company Credits
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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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1) The historical events in this film have been substantiated by holocaust scholars, national archives, and eyewitness accounts, including that of Clarence Ussher.
2) To this day, Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915. See more »
(Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers)
Performed by System of a Down
Written by Daron Malakian (as Malakian) / Serj Tankian (as Tankian) / Shavo Odadjian (as Odajian) / John Dolmayan (as Dolmayan)
DDevil Music (ASCAP)/ System of Down (ASCAP)/ Sony/ ATV Tunes LLC,
All rights on behalf of DDevil Music, System of A Down & Sony/ ATV Tunes LLC
Administered by SONY/ ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37202
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The Italian release of this film was intended to be on April 24th 2003. However, its showing was unexpectedly banned by Italian authorities a day before the planned release, with the authorities explaining that the film's distributor had failed to submit in time the application to obtain the required censorship certificate. See more »Quotes
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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Crazy Credits
Closing disclaimers:1) The historical events in this film have been substantiated by holocaust scholars, national archives, and eyewitness accounts, including that of Clarence Ussher.
2) To this day, Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide of 1915. See more »
Soundtracks
"P.L.U.C.K."(Politically Lying, Unholy, Cowardly Killers)
Performed by System of a Down
Written by Daron Malakian (as Malakian) / Serj Tankian (as Tankian) / Shavo Odadjian (as Odajian) / John Dolmayan (as Dolmayan)
DDevil Music (ASCAP)/ System of Down (ASCAP)/ Sony/ ATV Tunes LLC,
All rights on behalf of DDevil Music, System of A Down & Sony/ ATV Tunes LLC
Administered by SONY/ ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37202
All rights reserved. Used by Permission See more »
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