588 rue Paradis
1992A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.
Acted in
Richard Berry
as Pierre Zakar
Claudia Cardinale
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
as Hagop Zakarian
Jacques Villeret
as Alexandre Pagès
Zabou Breitman
as Astrid Setian
Nathalie Roussel
as Gayane
Diane Bellego
as Carole
Jacky Nercessian
as Apkar
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Anna
Sylvie Joly
as Georgette Sylva
Cédric Doucet
as Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
as Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
as Azad age 20
Danièle Lebrun
as Alexandre's mother
Ginette Garcin
as Madame Crespel
Ève Ruggieri
as Self
Maurice Chevit
as Nazareth
Jean-Pierre Delage
as Doctor Philibert
Henry Djanik
as Actor in the play
André Julien
as Druggist Anzani
Philippe Dehesdin
Raoul Curet
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Nicolas Vacaro
as Tigrane
Christophe Combettes
Alexis Tomassian
as Adrien, Pierre Zakar's son
Jennifer Bostroem
Jacques Ciron
Bernard Spiegel
Pierre Belot
Marie Verdi
Bernard Bireaud
Gérard Dessalles
Salah Teskouk
Stéphane Slima
as Actor in the play
Nicole Gueden
Pascale Quelfennec
Étienne Bartholomeus
Jean-Michel Molé
Véronique Kapoyan
Brigitte Barry
Dorothée Picard
Bernard Musson
as Butler
Henri Verneuil
as Priest in an Armenian church (uncredited)
