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 ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2002 | Running Time: 126 minutes
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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. ...more
- David Alpay - Raffi
- Charles Aznavour - Edward Saroyan
- Eric Bogosian - Rouben
- Brent Carver - Philip
- Marie-Josée Croze - Celia
- Christie MacFadyen - Janet
- Susan Raymond - German Woman
- Rose Sarkisyan - Translator
- Gina Wilkinson - Art Teacher
- Dawn Roach - Customs Officer
- Shant Srabian - Doctor 1
- Setta Keshishian - Wailing Mother
- Garen Boyajian - Young Gorky
- Lousnak Abdalian - Gorky's Mother
- Atom Egoyan - Director
- Atom Egoyan - Producer
- Robert Lantos - Producer
- Atom Egoyan - Screenwriter
- Kathleen Climie - Art Director
- Katherine Climie - Art Director
- Simone Urdl - Associate Producer
- Julia Rosenberg - Associate Producer
- John Buchan - Casting
- Jenny Lewis - Casting
- David J.Webb - Consultant/advisor
- Charles A. Taylor - Consultant/advisor
- Nicolas Dodd - Conductor
- Dave Spence-Sales - Conductor















