Mother

Mother

157 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 1991

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.

Mother

157 mins | Drama | Nov. 27, 1991

Mother
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers TF1 Films Production, AMLF
Original title Mayrig
Directors Henri Verneuil
Writers Henri Verneuil

Cast

Claudia Cardinale

as Araxi (Mayrig)

Omar Sharif

as Hagop

Nathalie Roussel

as Gayane

Jacky Nercessian

as Apkar

Richard Berry

as Araxi (voice only)

Cédric Doucet

as Azad age 7

Tom Ponsin

as Azad age 12

Stéphane Servais

as Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian

as Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet

as Madeleine

Christian Barbier

as Father Pignon

Nicolas Silberg

as Lawyer

Denis Podalydès

as Tehlirian

Jean Panisse

as Le Boucher