Mother
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.
Henri Verneuil · Writer
Henri Verneuil · Director
Actors
Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel
Gayané (Kayané)
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
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