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    Ararat


    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 ...more

    • Ararat - Bruce Greenwood, Charles Aznavour and Eric Bogosian star in Atom Egoyan's ARARAT.
    • Ararat - A scene from Atom Egoyan's ARARAT.
    • Ararat - Behind the scenes: Director Atom Egoyan in front of the poster for the film within the film.
    • Ararat - Christopher Plummer stars in Atom Egoyan's ARARAT.
    • Ararat - Elias Koteas stars as Ali in Atom Egoyan's ARARAT.

    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