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