This film is based on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire 1915, which resulted in the forced migration and diaspora of the Armenian minority. One day a young family man, Nazaret Manoogian, gets deported by the Turkish authorities together with all the other Armenian men from his native village of Mardin. He becomes a forced laborer and only survives the mass murder by chance and an act of kindness, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night the devastated Nazaret learns that his daughters may still be alive and didn’t die like his wife from starvation, violence or rape on death marches. Nazaret goes on a quest to find them and travels from his small village through the Mesopotamian deserts to the sea, always looking for clues that might lead him to his children. Nazaret’s epic journey will take him from Asia to America, from the end to a new beginning… |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.9/10 | |
Released: | October 16, 2014 | |
Runtime: | 138 min | |
Genres: | Adventure Drama Fantasy | |
Countries: | Germany France Italy Russian Federation Poland Canada Turkey Jordan | |
Companies: | Pyramide Productions Bombero International ARD Degeto Film Corazón International Dorje Film Kasbah-Film Tanger International Traders Jordan Films Mars Media Entertainment Pandora Film | |
Cast: | Simon Abkarian Tahar Rahim Makram Khoury | |
Crew: | Fatih Akin Mardik Martin | |