Mother
Mayrig
Release: 1991-11-27
·Runtime: 157m
·★ 7.8
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
TF1 Films Production
Quinta Communications
Cast
Claudia Cardinale
as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Jacky Nercessian
as Apkar
Patrick Timsit
as Garbis, locksmith
Claudie Arif
Richard Berry
as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Gilles Treton
Patrick Gourevitch
as Clerk
Omar Sharif
as Hagop Zakarian
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Anna
Paulette Frantz
as Madame Pellegrin, concierge
Philippe Morier-Genoud
as Prosecutor
Mario Luraschi
Véronique Delestaing
Serge Avédikian
as Vaksen Papasian
Vince Castello
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Georges Wilson
as (uncredited)
Marie-France Santon
Gérard Torikian
Ticky Holgado
as Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Bernard Freyd
as Doctor Lehimberg
Mireille Franchino
Nathalie Roussel
as Gayane
Nicolas Silberg
as Lawyer
Yvette Petit
Patrick Steltzer
Francine Olivier
Michèle Bardollet
as Madeleine
Christian Barbier
as Father Pignon
Denis Podalydès
as Soghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre Delage
as Doctor Philibert
Jean Panisse
as Butcher
Inge Offerman
Crew
Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor
Henri Verneuil
Director, Writer
Jean Goudier
Sound Editor
Yves Agostini
Camera Operator
Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer
Henri Lanoë
Editor
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer
Patrick Malakian
First Assistant Director
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Claude Villand
Sound Mixer