Ararat
film by Egoyan [2002]
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Ararat is a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan. The film addresses the controversial subject of the Armenian massacres by the Young Turk government during World War I. Egoyan, a Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent, approached this sensitive topic indirectly by centering the plot on a contemporary filmmaker creating a commercial film about the tragedy. The film's title refers to Mount Ararat, traditionally believed to be the landing place of Noah's Ark.12
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