Family Viewing (1988)

  • NR
  • 03/23/1988 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 26m

Some things possess you at the strangest times

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?

Atom Egoyan

Director, Writer

Cast

David Hemblen's headshot

David Hemblen

Stan
Aidan Tierney's headshot

Aidan Tierney

Van
Gabrielle Rose's headshot

Gabrielle Rose

Sandra
Arsinée Khanjian's headshot

Arsinée Khanjian

Aline
Selma Keklikian's headshot

Selma Keklikian

Armen
Jeanne Sabourin's headshot

Jeanne Sabourin

Aline's Mother
Rose Sarkisyan's headshot

Rose Sarkisyan

Van's Mother
Vasag Baghboudarian's headshot

Vasag Baghboudarian

Young Van

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