Atom Egoyan’s Ararat frames the legacy of the 1915 Armenian genocide through a mosaic of interconnected lives. Layering an artist painting his mother, a director staging his definitive film, a young man at customs, a daughter seeking her missing father, a lecturer and an actor confronting role and responsibility, the film probes memory, exile and the struggle to reconstruct a contested past. Sparse, textured imagery and careful rhythms create a reflective, often unsettling atmosphere that examines how history is performed, remembered and inherited.
Screening followed by a talk with Arsinée Khanjian (actress and producer) and Valentina Calzolari Bouvier (professor of Armenian studies at the University of Geneva).
English with French subtitles.
