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Ararat
Directed byAtom Egoyan
Written byAtom Egoyan
Produced byAtom Egoyan
Robert Lantos
StarringCharles Aznavour
Christopher Plummer
David Alpay
Arsinée Khanjian
Eric Bogosian
Brent Carver
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
November 12, 2002 (AFI Film Festival)
November 15, 1998 (limited release)
Running time
115 min.
LanguageEnglish

Ararat is a 2002 film by Atom Egoyan about the Armenian Genocide, an event that is denied to this day by the government of Turkey. Instead of presenting a straightforward narrative account of the genocide, the film examines the nature of truth and how it can be represented on film.


Responses

The film was attacked as propaganda by those who believe that the Armenian Genocide was overblown by anti-Turkish elements and Armenians seeking sympathy, or that it was necessitated by world politics and the behavior of Turkish-Armenians. It was also attacked by those with opposing viewpoints, who felt that the film's questioning of the nature of truth raised unwarranted doubts about the genocide.

The film was given only a limited release in most countries, and failed to make a significant gross at the box office.

Ararat won several awards. At the 2003 Genie Awards for best Canadian film, it was named best film of the year, and picked up awards for costume design and original score; in addition, Arsinée Khanijan won the best actress award and Elias Koteas best supporting actor. Egoyan won a prize from the Writers Guild of Canada awards, 2003. The film also won an award for best human rights film from the Political Film Society, and won the Golden Apricot at the Yerevan International Film Festival, 2004. Ararat has been shown on Turkish televisions such as Kanal Turk.

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