Mother
1991Henri 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.
Acted in
Claudia Cardinale
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
as Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel
as Gayane
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Anna
Jacky Nercessian
as Apkar
Richard Berry
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric Doucet
as Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
as Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
as Azad age 20
Serge Avédikian
as Vaksen Papasian
Michèle Bardollet
as Madeleine
Christian Barbier
as Father Pignon
Patrick Timsit
as Garbis, locksmith
Nicolas Silberg
as Lawyer
Denis Podalydès
as Soghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre Delage
as Doctor Philibert
André Julien
as Monsieur Anzani
Ticky Holgado
as Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Jean Panisse
as The butcher
Claudie Arif
Yvette Petit
Paulette Frantz
as Madame Pellegrin, concierge
Inge Offerman
Gilles Treton
Marie-France Santon
Bernard Freyd
as Doctor Lehimberg
Philippe Morier-Genoud
as Prosecutor
Patrick Gourevitch
as Clerk
Mireille Franchino
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
as Alexandre age 7
Christophe Combettes
Sébastien Rochelle
as Vartanian
Gérard Torikian
Vince Castello
Mario Luraschi
Patrick Steltzer
Francine Olivier
Henri Meliani
Véronique Delestaing
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Gérard Billon
Hubert Foulon
Georges Wilson
as (uncredited)