Calendar Page #2

Synopsis: A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Their driver, a local resident, expounds on the history of the churches while the wife translates. The photographer becomes jealous of his wife's bonding with the driver. In a series of flash-forwards, the photographer stages identical dinners with several women, who pretend to talk on the phone while he writes. His wife, now estranged from him, leaves repeated messages on his answering machine, asking why he never contacts her. Yet another thought-provoking look into strange, intertwined relationships from the always enigmatic Egoyan.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Atom Egoyan
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
1993
74 min
92 Views


- Obviously it's a woman.

Mother of chatum.

The wife of bache-Bache.

A prince from

the times of the...

Who were?

- Hmm?

- Who were?

It was kind of dynasty.

Have you received my letters?

Have you received my messages?

Are you receiving this message?

Why aren't you answering?

Don't you feel like letting me

know what you're feeling?

Why aren't you writing?

Yes, Ive

received all your letters.

Yes, Ive listened

to all your messages.

And yes, I feel I can now

begin to write to you.

It's may 23rd.

And Ive been

in the darkroom all day.

So finally I get

to his office,

And, uh, I go into his room.

And he looks at me,

at all strange places,

Makes me sit down and then goes,

Well, I have an audition

script for you."

I'm really excited

at this point.

And then he gets up, comes next

to my chair and says,

How willing are you to go,

you know, do different things?"

And Im really in a fix

what to say to this man.

And, uh, finally,

I start doing the stuff,

And he's just telling me,

he's narrating the script to me

And saying, "you're meeting

your long-Lost lover"

After seven years,

and you're locking this..."

Um, excuse me, do you know

where the phone is?

Yeah, um- Just on top

of the water cooler.

What can you tell me about

these, the facades here?

It's mamyk who did also

the decoration.

And what you're seeing

is Jesus, uh...

Uh, wait, where

am I seeing that?

Right here.

Could you ask him

to move for a second?

This is Jesus and that's...

one of them is peter and Paul.

So that's Jesus

and peter and Paul on the side.

I positioned myself

by the entrance.

And pointed my camer

at the two of you,

Waiting to see how

long it would take you.

To notice me standing there.

2 minutes and 54 seconds.

I tried to convince myself

that it might take that long.

For someone to notice

their loved one,

Waiting a few yards away.

2 minutes and 54 seconds.

He says he was watching how hard

you were trying to come up,

On these rocks and try

to settle your camer.

Well, Im trying to find

the right composition.

He understands.

He says you seem to be

interested in what you're seeing.

You're asking

a lot of questions.

Well, I guess that's

part of why we're here.

Don't you feel the need,

To come closer?

Feel, like actually

touch and feel...

Touch and feel the churches?

...realize how

it's made, constructed?

To touch and feel the churches?

Yeah.

Um, hasn't occurred to me.

- Hasn't occurred to you?

- No.

You didn't feel yet...

Would he like to caress them

or something?

No, you know what he means.

Well, no, I don't really.

He says, if you had seen

someone else's photograph

Of these places,

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Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan, CC is a Canadian director, writer, producer and former actor. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica, a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. more…

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