Feature
Don’t tell me the Boy was mad
Une histoire de fou
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Story
Paris, 1981. Aram, a young man of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish Ambassador’s car seriously injuring Gilles, who just happens to have been passing by on his bicycle. Aram flees to Beirut to join the Armenian Liberation Army. His mother, Anouch, visits Gilles in hospital to ask for forgiveness for her son, but Gilles wants to meet his executioner face to face. With revenge in mind he heads to Marseille to confront Aram’s family and finds himself welcomed into their home for a prolonged stay. In Beirut Aram clashes with his comrades until the day when he decides to meet his victim in order to make him his spokesman…
Cast/Crew
Director
- Robert Guédiguian
Genre
- Drama
Category
- Feature
format
- HD
Length
- 134 min
Country
- France
- Lebanon
- Switzerland
- Armenia
Filming Location
- France
- Armenia
- Lebanon
Released
- November, 2015
Screenplay
- Robert Guédiguian
- Gilles Taurand
- Based on the autobiographical novel “La Bomba” by José Antonio Gurriarán
DOP
- Pierre Milon
Language
- French
- German
- Armenian
Producer
- Marc Bordure
- Robert Guédiguian
Line Producer (Armenia)
- Ani Vorskanyan
- Tagouhi Karapetyan
Production Company
- AGAT Films & Cie
Co-Production Company
- France 3 Cinéma
- Alvy Productions
- Orjouane Productions
Distribution in Armenia
- anEva production
Cast
- Simon Abkarian
- Ariane Ascaride
- Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
- Syrus Shahidi
- Razane Jammal
- Robinson Stévenin
- Siro Fazilian
- Amir El Kacem
- Rania Mellouli
- Hrayr Kalemkerian
- Rodney Haddad
- Lola Naymark
- Serge Avédikian