Friday, April 1, 2011

Next Of Kin (1984)


This is the Atom Egoyan (Canadian filmmaker of Armenian ethnicity), not the 1989 period crime flick starring Patrick Swayze.  

The whole movie is an elaborate joke or pranks, as the main character is extremely disillusioned with his own family and their constant fighting.  So, when he reads about this Armenian family that were forced to give up their son in infancy when they first entered Canada, he decides to pay them a visit...as their long lost son Bedros.  Of course, it's all a fallacy...or maybe "fable" would be a better term since this is an Egoyan film.  It does, however, have an April Fools Day, which, I'm sure was a deliberate attempt at referencing the actions of Peter Foster as a faker.




Even Mickie Can Get A Bit Nasty on April 1:




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