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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.
Keywords
semi autobiographical
Casts

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

Raoul Curet

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Pierre-Olivier Faïs
Nicolas Vacaro
Tigrane
Christophe Combettes

Alexis Tomassian
Adrien, Pierre Zakar's son
Jennifer Bostroem

Jacques Ciron

Bernard Spiegel

Pierre Belot

Marie Verdi

Bernard Bireaud

Gérard Dessalles

Salah Teskouk

Stéphane Slima
Actor in the play

Nicole Gueden
Pascale Quelfennec

Étienne Bartholomeus

Jean-Michel Molé

Véronique Kapoyan

Brigitte Barry

Dorothée Picard

Bernard Musson
Butler

Henri Verneuil
Priest in an Armenian church (uncredited)
Crews

Henri Verneuil
Director

Henri Verneuil
Writer

Jean-Claude Petit
Original Music Composer

Tarak Ben Ammar
Producer
Mark Lombardo
Executive Producer

Edmond Richard
Director of Photography

Henri Lanoë
Editor
Margot Capelier
Casting

Pierre Guffroy
Production Design
Catherine Gorne-Achdjian
Costume Design

Chouchane Tcherpachian
Costume Design
Muriel Baurens
Key Makeup Artist
François Domange
First Assistant Director

Patrick Malakian
First Assistant Director
Alain Sempé
Sound
Jean-François Auger
Sound
Suzanne Ohanessian
Script Supervisor

Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor

Yves Agostini
Camera Operator
Backdrops & Posters
