Mayrig movie storyline. In 1915 a genocide happened in the Ottoman Empire and about 1.5 million Armenians were systematically murdered by the government of the Young Turks. This is a movie about the life of a simple Armenian family, who survived. They became refugees in a foreign country among foreign people.
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. It is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Following the film’s success, Verneuil edited the movie into a television series. He followed that up with 588 rue paradis, a sequel to the original movie.
Mayrig received a César Award nomination for Jean-Claude Petit’s original score. Mayrig also won an Academy Award by the National Academy of Cinema, France, in 1991.
Mayrig (1991)
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Starring: Richard Berry, Claudia Cardinale, Omar Sharif, Isabelle Sadoyan, Nathalie Roussel, Jacques Villeret, Danièle Lebrun, Zabou Breitman, Sylvie Joly, Jacky Nercessian
Screenplay by: Henri Verneuil
Production Design by: Pierre Guffroy
Cinematography by: Edmond Richard
Film Editing by: Henri Lanoë
Costume Design by: Catherine Gorne-Achdjian, Stéphane Rollot, Chouchane Tcherpachian
Music by: Jean-Claude Petit
Distributed by: AMLF
Release Date: November 27, 1991
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