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55% Critic Match
Family Viewing
“Some things possess you at the strangest times”
5.5 / 10• 1987• 1h 26m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
David Hemblen
Stan
LeadAT
Aidan Tierney
Van
Gabrielle Rose
Sandra
Arsinée Khanjian
Aline
SK
Selma Keklikian
Armen
JS
Jeanne Sabourin
Aline's Mother
RS
Rose Sarkisyan
Van's Mother
VB
Vasag Baghboudarian
Young Van
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Atom Egoyan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Family Viewing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
