Mother

Mother

Part of Mayrig collection

1991•2h 37m•7.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(26)

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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Production

TF1 Films Production, Quinta Communications

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

Hagop Zakarian

Nathalie Roussel

Nathalie Roussel

Gayane

Isabelle Sadoyan

Isabelle Sadoyan

Anna

Jacky Nercessian

Jacky Nercessian

Apkar

Richard Berry

Richard Berry

Pierre Zakar (voice only)

Cédric Doucet

Azad age 7

Tom Ponsin

Azad age 12

Stéphane Servais

Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian

Serge Avédikian

Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet

Michèle Bardollet

Madeleine

Christian Barbier

Christian Barbier

Father Pignon

Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit

Garbis, locksmith

Nicolas Silberg

Nicolas Silberg

Lawyer

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Soghomon Tehlirian

Jean-Pierre Delage

Jean-Pierre Delage

Doctor Philibert

André Julien

Monsieur Anzani

Ticky Holgado

Ticky Holgado

Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor

Jean Panisse

Jean Panisse

Butcher

Claudie Arif

Claudie Arif

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