Mayrig
Sign in to saveMayrig (Mother) is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif as parents of Azad (Henri Verneuil depicted as child). Mayrig means mother in Armenian. The film is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.
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7.9Henri 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.
Released: 1991-11-27157 minDir: Henri VerneuilDrama
Cast
- Claude Cardinale as Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
- Omar Sharif as Hagop Zakarian
- Nathalie Roussel as Gayane
- Isabelle Sadoyan as Anna
- Jacky Nercessian as Apkar
- Richard Berry as Pierre Zakar (voice only)
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mayrig
- Film.image
- Mayrig.jpg
- Film.caption
- Mayrig movie poster
- Film.director
- Henri Verneuil
- Film.producer
- Tarak Ben AmmarMark Lombardo
- Film.writer
- Henri Verneuil
- Film.starring
- Claudia CardinaleOmar SharifNathalie Roussel
- Film.music
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Film.cinematography
- Edmond Richard
- Film.editing
- Henri Lanoë
- Film.distributor
- AMLF
- Film.runtime
- 157 minutes
- Film.country
- France
Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Followed by
- 588 rue paradis
- Director
- Henri Verneuil
- Screenwriter
- Henri Verneuil
- Composer
- Jean-Claude Petit
- Producer
- Tarak Ben Ammar
- Cinematographer
- Edmond Richard
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Mayrig (Mother) is a 1991 semi-autobiographical film written and directed by French-Armenian filmmaker Henri Verneuil. The film's principal cast includes Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif as parents of Azad (Henri Verneuil depicted as child). Mayrig means mother in Armenian. The film is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.
For the film's main soundtrack, Verneuil used the traditional Armenian song "Dle Yaman".