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DON'T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD (UNE HISTOIRE DE FOU)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Central America, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Caribbean
 
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Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 134 minutes

Log Line

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

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Robert GUÉDIGUIAN
Writer(s) : Robert GUÉDIGUIAN, Gilles TAURAND
Cast : Grégoire LEPRINCE-RINGUET, Ariane ASCARIDE, Simon ABKARIAN, Serge AVÉDIKIAN, Syrus SHAHIDI

Producer(s) : Robert GUÉDIGUIAN (AGAT FILMS & CIE / EX NIHILO), Marc BORDURE (AGAT FILMS & CIE / EX NIHILO)

Synopsis

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…

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Country(ies) : FRANCE

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2015 Out of Competition
COLCOA 2016


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