September 9, 1987
Release Date

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Family Viewing (1987)

Name: Family Viewing
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-09-09

1h 26m

Running Time

September 9, 1987
Release Date

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Plot.

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?

Where to Watch.

Free

Currently Family Viewing is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy

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🇺🇸 United States

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Details.

Release Date
September 9, 1987

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Filming Locations
Toronto, Canada

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-07

This Movie Is About.

hotel

parent child relationship

grandparent grandchild relationship

video surveillance

dysfunctional family

videotape

Wiki.

Family Viewing is a 1987 Canadian drama film. The second feature directed by Atom Egoyan, it stars David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian, and Selma Keklikian. The plot follows a young man from a dysfunctional family who fakes his beloved grandmother's death with the help of a phone sex worker, as his home movie-obsessed father dominates his life.