---
title: 'Mayrig (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henri Verneuil'
released: '1991-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mayrig-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102421/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mayrig (1991)

1991 · 157 min · Drama · France


## Synopsis

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 as parents of Azad. Mayrig means mother in Armenian. The film is about the struggles of an Armenian family that emigrates to France from Turkey after the Armenian genocide of 1915.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henri Verneuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-verneuil)
- **Screenplay:** [Henri Verneuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-verneuil)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean-Claude Petit](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-petit)
- **Producer:** [Tarak Ben Ammar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarak-ben-ammar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edmond Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-richard)
- **Editor:** [Henri Lanoë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-lanoe)

## Cast

- [Serge Avédikian](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-avedikian)
- [Christian Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-barbier)
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif)
- [Bernard Freyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-freyd)
- [Ève Ruggieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-ruggieri)
- [Jacques Villeret](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-villeret)
- [Denis Podalydès](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-podalydes)
- [Claudia Cardinale](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-cardinale)
- [Mario Luraschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-luraschi)
- [Patrick Steltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-steltzer)
- [Patrick Timsit](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-timsit)
- [Georges Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-wilson)
- [Jean Panisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-panisse)
- [Jean-Gabriel Nordmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-gabriel-nordmann)
- [Jean-Pierre Delage](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-delage)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mayrig-1991
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