1915: The Armenian Nazareth lives happily with his wife and daughters in Mardin. Until Turkish troops drag him out of his house at night and force him to build roads, and the situation escalates. His throat and that of other prisoners is cut. But Nazareth survives, he can flee, but finds only dying people in a camp in the desert. A benefactor brings him to Aleppo. Only later does he learn that his daughters have survived. He searches for them in orphanages and comes across a trail of the two that leads to Cuba.
Keywords
- Family Relationships: Fathers and Daughters
- La Biennale di Venezia !
- La Biennale di Venezia - Tax Shelter
- Mostra: The best from the previous years
- Politics: Human Rights
- Red Carpet
- history
- middle east
- parenthood
- prison
- war
Actors
- Simon Abkarian
- Hindi Zahra
- Kevork Malikyan
- Bartu Küçükçaglayan
- Dina Fakhoury
Director
- Fatih Akin
Action & Aventure, Drama
2h 18min
ARMENIAN
FRENCH
Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.
Heartbreaking drama about the Armenian genocide at the beginning of the 20th century.
1915: The Armenian Nazareth lives happily with his wife and daughters in Mardin. Until Turkish troops drag him out of his house at night and force him to build roads, and the situation escalates.
His throat and that of other prisoners is cut. But Nazareth survives, he can flee, but finds only dying people in a camp in the desert. A benefactor brings him to Aleppo. Only later does he learn that his daughters have survived. He searches for them in orphanages and comes across a trail of the two that leads to Cuba.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Fatih Akin
Cast
Simon Abkarian
Cast
Hindi Zahra
Cast
Kevork Malikyan
Cast
Bartu Küçükçaglayan
Cast
Dina Fakhoury