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