Drama · Canada · 1987 · 1h 26m

Family Viewing

Family Viewing poster
Director
Atom Egoyan
Cast
David Hemblen as Stan Aidan Tierney as Van Gabrielle Rose as Sandra Arsinée Khanjian as Aline Selma Keklikian as Armen Jeanne Sabourin as Aline's Mother
Crew
Peter Mettler — Director of Photography Robert MacDonald — Director of Photography Bruce McDonald — Editor Atom Egoyan — Editor Mychael Danna — Original Music Composer Atom Egoyan — Writer
Tagline

Some things possess you at the strangest times

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?

Mood & Themes
hotelparent child relationshipgrandparent grandchild relationshipvideo surveillancedysfunctional familyvideotape
Key Collaborators
Atom Egoyan Director Peter Mettler Director of Photography Robert MacDonald Director of Photography Bruce McDonald Editor Atom Egoyan Editor Mychael Danna Original Music Composer Atom Egoyan Writer Atom Egoyan Producer
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