Calendar / [presented by] the Armenian National Cinemathéque and ZDF German Television ; an Ego Film Arts production ; a film by Atom Egoyan ; writer and director, Atom Egoyan ; [produced by Doris Hepp].

A mean-spirited, self-absorbed Canadian-Armenian photographer is hired to take pictures of Armenian historical churches for a calendar. He takes his wife along as a translator, and as they traverse the sites chosen for the calendar with the Armenian guide, their relationship begins to unravel. The p...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Armi͡anskai͡a nat͡sionalʹnai͡a filʹmoteka
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Ego Film Arts (Firm)
Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Egoyan, Atom, 1960-
Hepp, Doris
Khanjian, Arsinée, 1958-
Adamyan, Ashot
Language:English
Armenian
Language and/or Writing System:
In Armenian and English with optional English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, [between 2000 and 2009?]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Armenians > Canada > Drama.
Church buildings > Armenia > Drama.
Photographers > Drama.
Armenians.
Church buildings.
Photographers.
Feature films > Canada.
Feature films > Armenia (Republic)
Feature films.
Drama.
Armenia.
Canada.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A mean-spirited, self-absorbed Canadian-Armenian photographer is hired to take pictures of Armenian historical churches for a calendar. He takes his wife along as a translator, and as they traverse the sites chosen for the calendar with the Armenian guide, their relationship begins to unravel. The photographer returns to Canada with his images, but without his wife, who has gradually felt drawn to her ethnic roots and has fallen in love with the guide.
Note:Special features: Commentary by Atom Egoyan and Arsinee Khanjian ; "Formulas for seduction" documentary ; church photo gallery with narrative ; television interview with Atom Egoyan ; Egoyan biography and filmography.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ6 D0015779 VideoDVD
Credits:Photography, Norayr Kasper, Atom Egoyan ; editor, Atom Egoyan ; music, Djivan Gasparian ... [et al.].
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Cast: Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamian, Atom Egoyan.