Portugal / Sep 09, 1987 / Figueira da Foz Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vasag Baghboudarian | Young Van |
| Hrant Alianak | Administrator |
| Aino Pirskanen | Mistaken Woman |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Family Viewing |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | Canada |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Ego Film Arts, Family Viewing Productions |
| Release date | 9 settembre 1987 |
| Production | Atom Egoyan |
| Writer | Atom Egoyan, Allen Bell |
| Editing | Bruce McDonald, Atom Egoyan |
| Cinematography | Peter Mettler, Robert MacDonald |
| Assistant directors | Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan |
| Camera operators | Peter Mettler, Robert MacDonald |
| Additional photography | Peter Mettler, Robert MacDonald |
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| Production design | Linda Del Rosario |
| Art direction | Linda Del Rosario |
| Set decoration | Linda Del Rosario |
| Music | Mychael Danna, Ross Redfern, Steve Munro, Daniel Pellerin, Peter Melnychuk |
| Sound | Ross Redfern, Steve Munro, Daniel Pellerin, Peter Melnychuk, Mychael Danna |
| Costume design | Nancy Duggan |
| Makeup | Nancy Duggan |
| Hairstyling | Nancy Duggan |
Release dates
Limited release
Germany / Feb 18, 1988 / Berlin International Film Festival
United States / Mar 23, 1988 / New York New Directors and New Films Festival
Theatrical release
Canada / Oct 02, 1987
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