Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian (born 1958 in Beirut, Lebanon Արսինէ Խանճեան) is an Armenian-Canadian actress and producer. In addition to her independent work and stage roles, she is regularly cast by her husband, Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in his films. She has a bachelor's degree in French and Spanish from Concordia University and a master's degree in political science from the University of Toronto. Her husband, Egoyan, credits her for inspiring him to further explore his Armenian roots. She lives in Toronto with her husband and their son, Arshile. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arsinée Khanjian, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Ararat (2002)

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Christopher Plummer  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Simon Abkarian  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Christopher Plummer  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Exotica (1994)

Boring

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Elias Koteas  •  Don McKellar  •  David Hemblen

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Elias Koteas  •  Don McKellar  •  David Hemblen

Irma Vep (1996)

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk  •  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Nathalie Richard  •  Antoine Basler

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk  •  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Nathalie Richard  •  Antoine Basler

Sabah (2005)

One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruba Nadda
CAST:  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Jeff Seymour  •  Kathryn Winslow  •  Shawn Doyle

One day, when Sabah least expects it, she falls in love with the wrong man. She's Muslim, he's not. Unbeknownst to her family, she goes on a whirlwind affair before both culture and love collide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ruba Nadda
CAST:  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Jeff Seymour  •  Kathryn Winslow  •  Shawn Doyle

Speaking Parts (1989)

A struggling actor's job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job: being rented out as a gigolo by his supervisor. A co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resume in the hotel room of a screenwriter, who is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Michael McManus  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Tony Nardi

A struggling actor's job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job: being rented out as a gigolo by his supervisor. A co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resume in the hotel room of a screenwriter, who is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Michael McManus  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Tony Nardi

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Colin Firth  •  Alison Lohman  •  David Hayman

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Colin Firth  •  Alison Lohman  •  David Hayman

Last Night (1998)

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McKellar
CAST:  Don McKellar  •  Sandra Oh  •  Roberta Maxwell  •  Robin Gammell

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McKellar
CAST:  Don McKellar  •  Sandra Oh  •  Roberta Maxwell  •  Robin Gammell

Code Unknown (2000)

Simple

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Thierry Neuvic  •  Josef Bierbichler  •  Alexandre Hamidi

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haneke
CAST:  Juliette Binoche  •  Thierry Neuvic  •  Josef Bierbichler  •  Alexandre Hamidi

Felicia's Journey (1999)

Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Elaine Cassidy  •  Sheila Reid

Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Elaine Cassidy  •  Sheila Reid

Fat Girl (2001)

DepressingHeartbreakingDisturbingEmotional

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Breillat
CAST:  Anaïs Reboux  •  Roxane Mesquida  •  Libero De Rienzo  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Breillat
CAST:  Anaïs Reboux  •  Roxane Mesquida  •  Libero De Rienzo  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Eden (2014)

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mia Hansen-Løve
CAST:  Félix de Givry  •  Brady Corbet  •  Greta Gerwig  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mia Hansen-Løve
CAST:  Félix de Givry  •  Brady Corbet  •  Greta Gerwig  •  Arsinée Khanjian

The Captive (2014)

SuspensefulDisturbingThought provokingDark

Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Scott Speedman  •  Rosario Dawson  •  Bruce Greenwood

Eight years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing incidents seem to indicate that she's still alive. Police, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Scott Speedman  •  Rosario Dawson  •  Bruce Greenwood

Citadel (2006)

A documentary about a journey to Beirut  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Atom Egoyan  •  Arsinée Khanjian

A documentary about a journey to Beirut  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Atom Egoyan  •  Arsinée Khanjian

Nobody Else But You (2011)

The ambiguous suicide of a local beauty, weathergirl, cheese model, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like finds an eager sleuth in David Rousseau, best-selling crime novelist. When Rousseau visits a remote Alps village for the reading of his friend's will he unwittingly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
CAST:  Jean-Paul Rouve  •  Sophie Quinton  •  Olivier Rabourdin  •  Guillaume Gouix

The ambiguous suicide of a local beauty, weathergirl, cheese model, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like finds an eager sleuth in David Rousseau, best-selling crime novelist. When Rousseau visits a remote Alps village for the reading of his friend's will he unwittingly, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
CAST:  Jean-Paul Rouve  •  Sophie Quinton  •  Olivier Rabourdin  •  Guillaume Gouix

Family Viewing (1987)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  David Hemblen  •  Aidan Tierney  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Selma Keklikian

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  David Hemblen  •  Aidan Tierney  •  Gabrielle Rose  •  Selma Keklikian

A Portrait of Arshile (1995)

Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed Armenian artist, Arshile Gorky; Egoyan narrates in English, while his wife narrates in Armenian. The self-portrait made from a photo of the artist as a child at the time of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Atom Egoyan  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Arshile Egoyan

Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed Armenian artist, Arshile Gorky; Egoyan narrates in English, while his wife narrates in Armenian. The self-portrait made from a photo of the artist as a child at the time of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  Atom Egoyan  •  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Arshile Egoyan

Guest of Honour (2020)

Veronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  David Thewlis  •  Laysla De Oliveira  •  Luke Wilson  •  Rossif Sutherland

Veronica wants to remain in jail for a sexual assault she knows she's been wrongfully indicted for. She and her father, Jim, find themselves acting out of the bounds of good behavior as the past haunts them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atom Egoyan
CAST:  David Thewlis  •  Laysla De Oliveira  •  Luke Wilson  •  Rossif Sutherland

Late August, Early September (1999)

A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  François Cluzet  •  Jeanne Balibar

A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Assayas
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  François Cluzet  •  Jeanne Balibar

Stone Time Touch (2007)

Stone, Time, Touch is a documentary made by Gariné Torossian about the relationship of three Armenian women from the diaspora with the land of Armenia. The young woman (played by Kamee Abrahamian) is visiting Armenia for the first time. The older woman, Arsinée ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gariné Torossian
CAST:  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Kamee Abrahamian  •  Arevik Arevshatian  •  Nora Badalian

Stone, Time, Touch is a documentary made by Gariné Torossian about the relationship of three Armenian women from the diaspora with the land of Armenia. The young woman (played by Kamee Abrahamian) is visiting Armenia for the first time. The older woman, Arsinée ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gariné Torossian
CAST:  Arsinée Khanjian  •  Kamee Abrahamian  •  Arevik Arevshatian  •  Nora Badalian

The Lark Farm (2007)

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Paz Vega  •  Moritz Bleibtreu  •  Alessandro Preziosi  •  Ángela Molina

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Taviani  •  Vittorio Taviani
CAST:  Paz Vega  •  Moritz Bleibtreu  •  Alessandro Preziosi  •  Ángela Molina
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