简介：AtomEgoyanfreelyadmitsthatCitadelisastrangebeast.Heneverimaginedthattheseintimatemoments,capturedaworldawayfromhisworkingmilieu,wouldendupbeforeanaudience.Butheretheyare.Ithadbeen28yearssinceEgoyan'spersonalandprofessionalpartner,actressArsinéeKhanjian,hadseenhernativeLebanon.EgoyandocumentedthevisitwithaminiDVcamera.Backhome,theideagrewtocreatesomethingfromthefootage.Citadelisanimpressionistdiarybuiltaroundvacationscenes;itservesasanopencommentaryonLebanesepolitics,thedelicategroundofintimaterelationships,thecreativedriveofafilmmaker,andthewaywerelatetorealitythroughimages.Firstandforemost,though,CitadelisatouchingodetoEgoyan'smuse.Open,meditative,tenderandsurprising.…