Film Synopsis
Berlin, 1921. Talaat Pacha, the man who is mostly to blame for the
Armenian genocide, is executed in the street by Soghomon Thelirian, whose
family had been entirely killed on Pacha's orders. During the
trial, Thelirian's testimony of the first genocide of the 20th century makes
such an impression than he is acquitted by the jury. Sixty years on,
Aram, a young man of Armenian origin now living in Marseille blows up the
car of the Turkish ambassador. As he flees to Beiruit, to join the
Armenian Liberation Army, he is unaware that his act has wrecked the life
of an innocent bystander, Gilles Tessier, who lost both of his legs in the
explosion. One day, Aram's mother Anouch visits Gilles in hospital
to apologise for her son's crime...
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Film Credits
- Director: Robert Guédiguian
- Script: Robert Guédiguian writer,
Gilles Taurand writer
- Cinematographer: Pierre Milon
- Music: Alexandre Desplat
- Cast: Simon Abkarian (Hovannès Alexandrian),
Ariane Ascaride (Anouch Alexandrian),
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (Gilles Teissier),
Syrus Shahidi (Aram Alexandrian),
Razane Jammal (Anahit),
Robinson Stévenin (Soghomon Tehlirian),
Serge Avedikian (Armenak),
Hrayr Kalemkerian (Haig),
Siro Fazlian (Arsinée Sarkissian, la mère d'Anouch),
Amir El Kacem (Vahé),
Rodney El Haddad (Vrej),
Lola Naymark (Valérie),
Jürgen Zwingel (Le président du tribunal),
Jurgen Genuit (Docteur Lepsius),
Wolfgang Pissors (Avocat Werthauer),
Gerald Papasian (Leader arménien),
Alain Lenglet (Père de Gilles),
Sylvie Degryse (Mère de Gilles),
Christian Benedetti (Le beau-père),
Catherine Fourty (La belle-mère)
- Country: France
- Language: French / Armenian / German
- Support: Color / Black And White
- Runtime: 134 min
- Aka: Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad