Mother
Storyline
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.
Top Cast
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
Claudie Arif
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil
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