The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a run-down nursing home. His father depends on phone sex for guidance meanwhile erasing family homevideos of happier times with homemade pornography. Will Van rescue his grandmother and memories of his mother in time?
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Atom EgoyanDirector
- Atom EgoyanWriter
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- David HemblenStan
- Aidan TierneyVan
- Gabrielle RoseSandra
- Arsinée KhanjianAline
- Selma KeklikianArmen
- Jeanne SabourinAline's Mother
- Rose SarkisyanVan's Mother
- Vasag BaghboudarianYoung Van
- Hrant AlianakAdministrator
- Aino PirskanenMistaken Woman
Stills
Themes
hotelparent child relationshipgrandparent grandchild relationshipvideo surveillancedysfunctional familyvideotape