Calendar Page #5

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


Why can't you refer

to our history of each other?

Why can't you tell him what

you know I would think?

You make me feel

like a stranger.

You make me believe that my

answers are disappointing you,

That Im disappointing you.

You leave me stranded,

alone to defend myself...

Alone to convince you

of so many things

You must already know.

Or have you forgotten?

Has this place made you

forget our history?

Has this place that

you've dreamed of...

Made you forget

all of our dreams?

We're both from here.

Yet being here has made me

from somewhere else.

He says, probably the calendar

project was just a...

Catalyser of something.

Otherwise, you would've just...

A catalyser, what like

a catalyst?

Yeah, that's what I mean,

a catalyst.

Well, I guess. I mean...

Otherwise you would've just done...

Any other research

about any other topic.

I guess, yes.

Hi, it's Julia.

I just realized that sash

speaks three languages.

And it occurred to me

that you might like her

To come with three different

changes of clothing.

Please let me know.

She's beautiful.

Yeah, she is.

How old is she?

Uh... I guess she'd be 8.

- She looks older there.

- Yeah, yeah.

How much does she cost you?

It just went up. It was $28

a month, and now it's about $30.

What do you get? You get

a picture... what else?

They send a picture,

Ive got a videotape, yeah.

And, no it's...

It's nice.

It makes you... I don't know...

I like it.

It's funny because I sort of...

I wrote a letter.

- She answered?

- Yeah.

Do you have children?

Oh, yeah. I've got two.

How much do they

cost you a month?

I have no idea.

It's a ridiculous question.

You don't think

about those things.

But if you had

to ball-Parked it...

I have no idea.

Do you want children?

I don't know. It's...

Do you mind if

I make a phone call?

Uh, the phone is just

on the water cooler.

What are you talking about?

- Children.

- Children?

What does he have

to say about children?

He says if we had children,

we would have better reason.

To come and salvage

ourselves in Armenia.

He thinks that if we had children,

we would come to live in Armenia.

What's he saying now?

Probably it would've been

the best thing for the child.

To live in his ancestors' land.

- And, do you think that?

- Me?

Well, you know what I think.

Which is what?

What are you saying?

I'm saying exactly what we've

been always saying to each other...

That it's a big problem for me

too have a child, I don't know,

Which culture could be best

for him, or for her.

Dear lucine,

How are you?

I miss you very much.

And I think about you

all the time.

I showed your picture

to a very nice lady today,

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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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