Mother
Nov 27 1991
•3h 37m
•Drama
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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Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel
Gayane
Isabelle Sadoyan
Anna
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