14 Dec 2006
The Pursuit of Happyness
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Mother
Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, which he dedicated to his mother and made into this 1991 film with the same name.
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Claudia Cardinale Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian
Omar Sharif Hagop Zakarian
Nathalie Roussel Gayane
Isabelle Sadoyan Anna
Jacky Nercessian Apkar
Richard Berry Pierre Zakar (voice only)
Cédric Doucet Azad age 7
Tom Ponsin Azad age 12
Stéphane Servais Azad age 20
Serge Avédikian Vaksen Papasian
Michèle Bardollet Madeleine
Christian Barbier Father Pignon
Patrick Timsit Garbis, locksmith
Nicolas Silberg Lawyer
Denis Podalydès Soghomon Tehlirian
Jean-Pierre Delage Doctor Philibert
André Julien Monsieur Anzani
Ticky Holgado Zakarians' angry and racist neighbor
Jean Panisse Butcher
Claudie Arif
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