

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.
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Cast

Claude Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian

Nathalie Roussel
Gayane

Isabelle Sadoyan
Anna

Jacky Nercessian
Apkar

Richard Berry
Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric Doucet
Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
Azad age 20

Serge Avédikian
Vaksen Papasian

Michèle Bardollet
Madeleine

Christian Barbier
Father Pignon
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