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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.
- Henri Verneuil
- Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Lombardo
Nov 27, 1991 · Mother: Directed by Henri Verneuil. With Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Isabelle Sadoyan. The saga of an Armenian family that immigrated to France after the break-up of the oppressive Ottoman Empire.
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- Drama
- Henri Verneuil
- 1991-11-27
Jan 15, 1992 · Mother: Directed by Henri Verneuil. With Richard Berry, Omar Sharif, Nathalie Roussel, Claudia Cardinale. This film recounts Henri Verneuil's relationship with his father who had brought his Armenian family to Marseille, France, in order to escape from the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire.
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- Drama
- Henri Verneuil
- 1992-01-15
Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Story about an Armenian family who arrive in France in 1921 and endure the pain and privations of exile in a foreign land. Cast & Crew. Read More. Henri Verneuil. Director. Claudia Cardinale. Araxi--Mayrig. Omar Sharif. Hagop. Isabelle Sadoyan. Anna. Nathalie Roussel. Gayane. Cedric Doucet. Azad--Age 7.
- Henri Verneuil
- Claudia Cardinale
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. It is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.
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Nov 27, 1991 · Overview. 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.
