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Ararat
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R,2hrs 6min
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November 15, 2002
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Miramax Films
Synopsis: Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan explores his Armenian heritage, and how the country's tragic history has touched several generations of the nation's expatriates, in this ambitious drama. Edward Saroyan (Charles Aznavour), a veteran filmmaker of Armenian descent, is in Toronto shooting a film about the Siege of Van, in which invading Ottoman armies forced the evacuation of Armenian communities in 1915, leading to the genocide of over a million Armenian people at the hands of Turkish troops. Twenty-one-year-old ... Full Synopsis
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As ever, Egoyan assembles a devoted repertory cast, including Christopher Plummer. Full Review
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Edward Saroyan
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