A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.
Cast
Richard Berry
Pierre Zakar
Claudia Cardinale
Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif
Hagop Zakarian
Jacques Villeret
Alexandre Pagès
Zabou Breitman
Astrid Setian
Nathalie Roussel
Gayane
Diane Bellego
Carole
Jacky Nercessian
Apkar
Isabelle Sadoyan
Anna
Sylvie Joly
Georgette Sylva
Cédric Doucet
Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin
Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais
Azad age 20
Danièle Lebrun
Alexandre's mother
Ginette Garcin
Madame Crespel
Ève Ruggieri
Self
Maurice Chevit
Nazareth
Jean-Pierre Delage
Doctor Philibert
Henry Djanik
Actor in the play
André Julien
Druggist Anzani
Philippe Dehesdin
Unknown
Raoul Curet
Unknown
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Unknown
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Unknown
Nicolas Vacaro
Tigrane
Christophe Combettes
Unknown
Alexis Tomassian
Adrien, Pierre Zakar's son
Jennifer Bostroem
Unknown
Jacques Ciron
Unknown
Bernard Spiegel
Unknown
Pierre Belot
Unknown
Marie Verdi
Unknown
Bernard Bireaud
Unknown
Gérard Dessalles
Unknown
Salah Teskouk
Unknown
Stéphane Slima
Actor in the play
Nicole Gueden
Unknown
Pascale Quelfennec
Unknown
Étienne Bartholomeus
Unknown
Jean-Michel Molé
Unknown
Véronique Kapoyan
Unknown
Brigitte Barry
Unknown
Dorothée Picard
Unknown
Bernard Musson
Butler
Henri Verneuil
Priest in an Armenian church (uncredited)
Crew
Henri Verneuil
Director, Writer
Henri Lanoë
Editor
Edmond Richard
Director of Photography
François Domange
First Assistant Director
Patrick Malakian
First Assistant Director
Mark Lombardo
Executive Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer
Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Yves Agostini
Camera Operator
Margot Capelier
Casting
Catherine Gorne-Achdjian
Costume Design
Chouchane Tcherpachian
Costume Design
Muriel Baurens
Key Makeup Artist
Alain Sempé
Sound
Jean-François Auger
Sound
Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer
Suzanne Ohanessian
Script Supervisor
Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor
