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Directed by Atom Egoyan

Directed by Atom Egoyan

6 Episodes

The formally adventurous and psychologically intricate films of renowned Canadian auteur Atom Egoyan unfold according to complex, time-scrambling structures that heighten their searing emotional impact. Exploring issues of identity (including his own Armenian heritage), loss, alienation, and technology, Egoyan’s films frequently revolve around people struggling to make sense of their own shattered sense of self in the wake of profound personal tragedies. His provocative themes and elliptical style are on display in early critical triumphs like CALENDAR and reach new heights of virtuosity in his masterpieces EXOTICA and THE SWEET HEREAFTER, both of which are widely considered among the greatest Canadian films ever made.

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Directed by Atom Egoyan

6 Episodes

  • Directed by Atom Egoyan Teaser
    01:54
    Directed by Atom Egoyan Teaser
    Episode 1

    Directed by Atom Egoyan Teaser

    Episode 1

  • Atom Egoyan Interview
    15:36
    Atom Egoyan Interview
    Episode 2

    Atom Egoyan Interview

    Episode 2

    This new piece with writer-director Atom Egoyan was recorded in 2020.

  • The Adjuster
    1:42:22
    The Adjuster
    Episode 3

    The Adjuster

    Episode 3

    Directed by Atom Egoyan • 1991 • Canada
    Starring Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin

    Noah Render (Elias Koteas) is an insurance claims adjuster who attends to his clients’ every need—including their sexual ones. His wife, Hera (Arsinée Khanjian), is a government censor who spends her d...

  • Calendar
    1:13:30
    Calendar
    Episode 4

    Calendar

    Episode 4

    Directed by Atom Egoyan • 1993 • Canada
    Starring Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan, Atom Egoyan

    Atom Egoyan’s at once witty and devastating investigation of identity, memory, and displacement stars the director as a Canadian photographer who, while on an assignment shooting churches in Armenia, fi...

  • Exotica
    1:43:39
    Exotica
    Episode 5

    Exotica

    Episode 5

    Directed by Atom Egoyan • 1994 • Canada
    Starring Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas

    Atom Egoyan’s acclaimed commercial breakthrough is both a seductive, hypnotic thriller and a shattering meditation on loss and grief. At the eponymous strip club, Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a deeply depr...

  • The Sweet Hereafter
    1:52:38
    The Sweet Hereafter
    Episode 6

    The Sweet Hereafter

    Episode 6

    Directed by Atom Egoyan • 1997 • Canada
    Starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood

    Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, Atom Egoyan’s masterful adaptation of a novel by Russell Banks traces the aftermath of a school bus accident in a small Canadian town that leaves fourteen children dead. W...

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