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Film / 1991
Mother
Directed by
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into this 1991 film with the same name.
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Cast
Claudia CardinaleAraxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar SharifHagop Zakarian
Nathalie RousselGayané (Kayané)
Isabelle SadoyanAnna
Jacky NercessianApkar
Richard BerryPierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric DoucetAzad age 7
Tom PonsinAzad age 12
Stéphane ServaisAzad age 20
Serge AvédikianVaksen Papasian
Michèle BardolletMadeleine
Christian BarbierFather Pignon
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Patrick TimsitGarbis, locksmith
Nicolas SilbergLawyer
Denis PodalydèsSoghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre DelageDoctor Philibert
André JulienMonsieur Anzani
Ticky HolgadoZakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Jean PanisseButcher
Claudie Arif
Yvette Petit
Paulette FrantzMadame Pellegrin, concierge
Inge Offerman
Gilles Treton
Marie-France Santon
Bernard FreydDoctor Lehimberg
Philippe Morier-GenoudProsecutor
Patrick GourevitchClerk
Mireille Franchino
Pierre-Olivier FaïsAlexandre age 7
Christophe Combettes
Sébastien RochelleVartanian
Gérard Torikian
Vince Castello
Mario Luraschi
Patrick Steltzer
Francine Olivier
Henri Meliani
Véronique Delestaing
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Gérard Billon
Hubert Foulon
Georges Wilson(uncredited)
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