Ararat
A quest for truth... among lies, deception, and denial.
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Charles Aznavour
Edward Saroyan
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Brent Carver
Philip
Eric Bogosian
Rouben
Simon Abkarian
Arshile Gorky
Christopher Plummer
David
Arsinée Khanjian
Ani
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Setta Keshishian
Dinner Guest
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Setta Keshishian
Wailing Mother
David Alpay
Raffi
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Shant Srabian
Dinner Guest #3
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Shant Srabian
Doctor #1
Marie-Josée Croze
Celia
Mychael Danna
Composer
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Paul Sarossy
Cinematographer
