DON’T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD (2015)
Director(s) Robert Gedigyan
Script writer(s) Gilles Taurand, Robert Gedigyan
Camerman(s)Pierre Milon
Year2015
ActorsSerge Avédikian, Simon Abgaryan, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Syrus Shahidi
Film producer(s)Ani Vorskanyan, Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian, Tagouhi Karapetyan
Production Company(s)anEva production, AGAT Films & Cie, France 3 Cinéma, Alvy Productions, Orjouane Productions
134 min
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…
