Classic World Cinema by Courtyard Gallery will present Ararat on Friday, April 21, at 8 p.m. at Flood Gallery Fine Art Center, 2160 Hwy 70, Swannanoa.
Ararat
Movie Information
In Brief: To commemorate Armenian Genocide Day, World Cinema is showing Atom Egoyan's much misunderstood Ararat (2002), which deals with the Turkish government's 1915 genocide of its Armenian population. This is heady stuff. It's also heavily layered and told in an unusual manner, presenting the story from the perspective of an Armenian filmmaker and linking past and present so that the characters cross storylines. It is, however, rewarding if you're willing to accept its structural challenges. This excerpt was taken from a review by Ken Hanke, published on April 21, 2015.
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Atom Egoyan |
| Starring: | David Alpay, Charles Aznavour, Eric Bogosian, Brent Carver, Christopher Plummer |
| Rated: | R |
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