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Arsinée Khanjian, Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan casts himself as the lead character in Calendar. He portrays a shutterbug who brings an array of different women to his apartment. Every time one of the women makes a phone call, the chara... read more read more...cter notices a calendar consisting of photographs he took while in Armenia. The film flashes back to the time he took each of the photos. Traveling through Armenia with his wife, he does not share his wife's interest in the history behind the locations he is photographing. The wife eventually leaves him, and the film ends with him attempting to end their estrangement. This project began after Egoyan, whose ancestors were Armenian, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for his 1991 film The Adjuster. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Atom Egoyan

Release Date: January 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001

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  • MovieGeek13
    March 31, 2008
    MovieGeek13
    Egoyan's small indie is about a man on vacation with his wife in Armenia. The two are having problems in their marriage, and the main character suspects his wife is flirting with their tour guide. Told through several scenes that use repetition, and through the perspective of a... read more picture camera, this film can be quite pretentious and annoying at times, but its an extremely unique work, so I recommend it based on that.
  • fb1142797643
    April 12, 2010
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    This tale of a photographer's deteriorating relationship with his wife is more intriguing for its structure than its plot. Writer/director Atom Egoyan plays a photographer recalling how his marriage unraveled during an overseas trip to shoot old Armenian churches for a calendar.... read more His wife acts as his translator for the journey, but her affections gradually turn from him to their local guide. Since Egoyan's own wife portrays the role and he is of Armenian descent himself, the situation has obvious personal resonances.

    The story is told via flashbacks, one for each church. The contemporary setting finds Egoyan's post-marital character enduring a string of tedious dates, repeatedly alienating women with awkward conversation and then losing their attention as they excuse themselves to make a flirtatious phone call. As the women chatter away in the next room, he pulls out his writer's pad and the next flashback unfolds. It's eventually suggested that the photographer may be staging this repeated scene -- possibly with prostitutes -- to somehow gain creative inspiration. Typically for Egoyan, the events are more than a little ambiguous and hampered by an atmosphere of numb, repressed introspection. In the case of "Calendar," weak acting is another problem. Still, the film is worth seeing, and it's quite short so it doesn't wear out its welcome.
  • gator681
    September 2, 2006
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]In "Calendar", a photographer(Atom Egoyan) is in Armenia taking photographs of churches for a calendar with the help of his partner(Arsinee Khanjian) who translates for their driver(Ashot Adamyan). The following year, the calendar hangs in the home of the ph... read moreotographer as he has dinner with various women.[/font]
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    [font=Century Gothic]Written and directed by Atom Egoyan, "Calendar" is not only about the relics of the distant past, but those of the recent past and the present, also. Egoyan does a much better job here of paying respect to Armenian history than in his misguided "Ararat." [/font]
  • jimbotender
    September 10, 2009
    jimbotender
    The optical purposes of a study on architecture and the historical treatise of a long-forsaken land.We come full circle the moment all seasons approach their climax,Egoyan's static camera focuses in the buildings and their caressing stature instead of the human beings.A contrast ... read morewhich fits Egoyan's overtones and the oozing atmosphere that encompasses this exceptional film.
  • FilmMaker2010
    January 25, 2010
    FilmMaker2010
    This film was excellent in every way. Cinematography, story, editing, etc.... One of my favorite Egoyan films.

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Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz
March 26, 2006
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Plays as a meditation on the meaning of finding one's roots and identity. Full Review

Kent Turner
February 7, 2006
Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com

The interactions feel light and improvised, yet the screenplay is well structured. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
July 18, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

An interesting portrait of an artist whose detachment from the world and his own experiences has dire consequences. Full Review

Derek Elley
October 18, 2008
Derek Elley, Variety

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Stephen Holden
May 20, 2003
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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September 27, 2002
Arizona Republic

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Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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Michael Szymanski
September 21, 2005
Michael Szymanski, International Press Academy

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Emanuel Levy
June 13, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Robert Faires
January 1, 2000
Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle

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