Mother (1991)
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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henri Verneuil
Actors: Cédric Doucet, Claudia Cardinale, Isabelle Sadoyan, Jacky Nercessian, Nathalie Roussel, Omar Sharif, Richard Berry, Serge Avedikian, Stéphane Servais, Tom Ponsin
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