Event of the Cannes Festival and that of new cinema and new media in Montreal in 2002, Ararat , by Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan, takes a disturbing look at one of history's most forgotten moments: the Armenian Genocide, carried out by the Turks in 1915.

It is through the stories of a director who wants to make a film out of it, of an art historian, of a young woman who tries to understand her father's suicide and of a young man who refuses to o forget his roots that Egoyan chose to evoke this massacre, linking them by two common points: Armenia and the weight of history.

Egoyan shows a lot of courage by taking a strong position on such a diplomatically delicate subject (at the time of the film's release, only France had recognized the existence of the Armenian genocide). Even if the tangle of stories is sometimes a bit confusing, this film offers a fascinating reflection on questions of memory and heritage. Supported by a heterogeneous and international cast (Charles Aznavour, Marie-Josée Croze and Christopher Plummer) and by a very fine production, Ararat is a hard film, often poignant, a sincere and direct testimony that comes straight from the heart of its director.