Mother

(1991)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 3,677 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1991

Runtime: 139 min

Country: France

Director: Анри Вернёй

Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Омар Шариф, Nathalie Roussel, Isabelle Sadoyan, Jacky Nercessian

Plot

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.