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Family Viewing

Family Viewing

Some things possess you at the strangest times

19875.41h 26m

Overview

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?

Directed by Atom Egoyan
Written by Atom Egoyan, Allen Bell
Produced by Atom Egoyan
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Top Cast

David Hemblen

David Hemblen

Stan

A

Aidan Tierney

Van

Gabrielle Rose

Gabrielle Rose

Sandra

Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian

Aline

S

Selma Keklikian

Armen

J

Jeanne Sabourin

Aline's Mother

R

Rose Sarkisyan

Van's Mother

V

Vasag Baghboudarian

Young Van

Hrant Alianak

Hrant Alianak

Administrator

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Aino Pirskanen

Mistaken Woman

Themes & Keywords

hotelparent child relationshipgrandparent grandchild relationshipvideo surveillancedysfunctional familyvideotape

About Family Viewing

Family Viewing is a drama film released in 1987 exploring themes of hotel, parent child relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, video surveillance, dysfunctional family, videotape. Directed by Atom Egoyan, it stars David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose. 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?

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