2002
110 minutes
Based on a true story, Drama, Period and Historical, War
Armenian / English / French / German / Turkish (English subtitles)
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In April 1915, authorities of the Ottoman empire began a series of actions - including massacres and forced marches - that have been seen as a concerted effort to eliminate its Armenian population. This has become known as the Armenian Genocide, though Turkey - which succeeded the old empire - has always denied this label. Director Atom Egoyan, an Egyptian-Armenian based in Canada, explores these tragic, still-contentious issues in this multi-layered drama, using the device of a film-within-a-film to show how hard it is to be objective about 'the truth'.
Classification Contains infrequent strong violence & language, and one sex scene.
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The horror of the Holocaust is brought sensitively to life in this harrowing but essential true story of one man's struggle to survive.
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