Mother (1991)
2h 37m
Running Time
November 27, 1991Release Date
Mother (1991)
2h 37m
Running Time
November 27, 1991Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian

Nathalie Roussel
Gayane

Isabelle Sadoyan
Anna

Jacky Nercessian
Apkar

Richard Berry
Pierre Zakar (voice only)

Cédric Doucet
Azad age 7

Tom Ponsin
Azad age 12

Stéphane Servais
Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian
Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet
Madeleine

Christian Barbier
Father Pignon

Patrick Timsit
Garbis, locksmith

Nicolas Silberg
Lawyer

Denis Podalydès
Soghomon Tehlirian

Jean-Pierre Delage
Doctor Philibert

André Julien
Monsieur Anzani

Ticky Holgado
Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

Jean Panisse
Butcher

Paulette Frantz
Madame Pellegrin, concierge

Bernard Freyd
Doctor Lehimberg

Philippe Morier-Genoud
Prosecutor

Patrick Gourevitch
Clerk

Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Alexandre age 7

Sébastien Rochelle
Vartanian

Georges Wilson
(uncredited)

Henri Verneuil
Writer / Director

Margot Capelier
Casting Director

Henri Lanoë
Editor

Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer

Edmond Richard
Director of Photography

Mark Lombardo
Executive Producer

Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer

Pierre Guffroy
Production Design

Catherine Gorne-Achdjian
Costume Design

Muriel Baurens
Key Makeup Artist

Patrick Malakian
First Assistant Director

Alain Sempé
Sound

Jean Goudier
Sound Editor

Bernard Le Roux
Sound Mixer

Claude Villand
Sound Mixer

Yves Agostini
Camera Operator

Suzanne Ohanessian
Script Supervisor

Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor

Claudie Arif

Yvette Petit

Inge Offerman

Gilles Treton

Marie-France Santon

Mireille Franchino

Christophe Combettes

Gérard Torikian

Vince Castello

Mario Luraschi

Hubert Foulon

Gérard Billon
Media.


Details.
Release DateNovember 27, 1991
Original NameMayrig
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 37m
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Wiki.
Mayrig (Mother) is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif as parents of Azad (Henri Verneuil depicted as child). Mayrig means mother in Armenian. The film is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.
For the film's main soundtrack, Verneuil used the traditional Armenian song "Dle Yaman".
Following the film's success, Verneuil edited the movie into a television series. He followed that up with 588 rue paradis, a sequel to the original movie.
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