Ararat
Directed by	Atom Egoyan
Written by	Atom Egoyan
Starring	Charles Aznavour Christopher Plummer David Alpay
Produced by	Atom Egoyan Robert Lantos
Distributed by	Serendipity Point Films
Release date	November 12, 2002 (AFI Film Festival) November 15, 1998 (limited release)
Runtime	115 min.
Language	English
Budget	{{{budget}}}
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Atom Egoyan's 2002 film Ararat is a complex work, with many autobiographical and self-referential elements, about an Armenian-Canadian filmmaker making a film about the Armenian Genocide. Widely viewed as a great film, it has also been attacked as powerful 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. Ararat movie poster. ... Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. ... Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. ... Charles Aznavour. ... Christopher Plummer photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1959 Christopher Plummer (full name Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC) (born Friday, December 13, 19291) is a Canadian theatrical, film and television actor. ... Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A DVD cover of the movie Ararat Click the earlier version for the full size (1600x1152) version of the cover. ... A DVD cover of the movie Ararat Click the earlier version for the full size (1600x1152) version of the cover. ... Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide Thesis (also known as the Armenian Holocaust or the Armenian Massacre) is a term which refer to the forced mass evacuation and related deaths of hundreds of thousands or over a million Armenians, during the government of Young Turks from 1915 to 1917. ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ...

Despite the accusations of simplistic propagandizing, Egoyan's film does not simply depict the holocaust, but rather depicts the problems of making films about such contentious events. The film depicts the efforts of an Armenian director, Edward Saroyan, to make a Hollywood-style film about the holocaust. Ararat thus includes graphic sequences depicting the horrors of the holocaust, but they are always framed as scenes from Saroyan's film-within-the-film, and the actors and filmmakers are shown discussing the questions raised by the adaptation of contentious subjects into simplistic movies. Saroyan's film is contrasted with evocative camcorder footage of real ruined Armenian churches near Mount Ararat. Mount Ararat (Turkish Ağrı Dağı; Armenian Արարատ; Persian آرارات; Hebrew אררט, Standard Hebrew Ararat, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂrārāṭ), the tallest peak in modern Turkey, is a snow-capped dormant volcanic cone, located in the far northeast of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of Armenia. ...

 ==External links== 

• Official site
• Ararat at the Internet Movie Database