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This extensive box set collects seven celebrated films from Canadian writer/director Atom Egoyan, showcasing his unique cinematic vision and exploration of themes like voyeurism, alienation, and the impact of technology on human relationships. It also includes three early short films.

 

Next of Kin: A young man, feeling disconnected from his own family, poses as the long-lost son of an Armenian family he sees in a therapy video. A mesmerizing meditation on identity and role-playing.

 

Family Viewing: A dark comedy about a young man trying to save his grandmother from a nursing home while his father erases family memories by taping over home videos with homemade pornography.

 

Speaking Parts: A struggling actor works as a housekeeper in a hotel where a screenwriter is staying. Their lives intersect in a labyrinth of desire and media obsession, exploring the way video mediates human connection.

 

The Adjuster: An insurance adjuster becomes overly involved in the lives of his clients, blurring professional and personal boundaries. Meanwhile, his wife, a film censor, secretly records pornographic scenes for her sister.

 

Calendar: A photographer and his wife travel to Armenia to shoot churches for a calendar. Their relationship unravels as the wife grows closer to their driver, while the photographer reflects on the experience from his home in Toronto.

 

Exotica: A multi-layered mystery set around a strip club, where the lives of a grieving tax auditor, a young stripper, a DJ, and a pet shop owner intertwine in a complex web of obsession and ritual.

 

The Sweet Hereafter: Following a tragic school bus accident that kills 14 children in a small town, a lawyer arrives to persuade the grieving parents to sue. As he investigates, secrets are revealed that threaten to tear the community apart.

 

Short Films: Open House follows an odd real estate agent showing a house; Howard in Particular depicts an old man at a retirement party consisting of a taped conversation; Peep Show explores Egoyan's early fascination with voyeurism.