Mayrig

Turks say it never happened , they even imply that the Armenians are the ones who committed that atrocity against the turkish , The truth is until now denied but many people recognize it so do many countries .

It's a story about a boy and his family , how his surroundings were able to remain , in a foreign country among foreign people how they managed to make a place for themselves and were able to survive . It is a human story that shows a glimpse of the horrifying things that happened , but mostly it is a story about survival , re_birth , trying to make a new life , and carrying on with a legacy : the fact of being Armenian .

This is a very moving film about the big tragedy of the Armenian people who were slaughtered in millions by the turks in 1915, or rather about the ones who escaped and who after seeing their whole families murdered, had to make a life in a foreign country, while trying to deal with the past, or at least not to let the past destroy them. Superb acting from Claudia Cardinale, Omar Shariff, Isabelle Sadoyan and Nathalie Roussel. It goes in the line with films like "La Gloire de mon pere" and " le chateau de ma mere". Giving a very good description of what was life was in the South of France at the beginning of the centuries, and what were the people expectations (at least, that is how I feel it). If you are expecting violence and gore, that is not what you will get here. Also, let us not forget that the "Armenian Genocide" has never been acknowledged by the Turkish Government, and was only recognised last year by the French one.

A very impressive film about Armenian family escaping Armenian genoside in 1915

You may watch this film and not pay so much attention on it. But being Armenian, you would understand the whole meaning which the author wanted to explain. If you are not Armenian, you would never understand the tragedy of our people.As in the beginning of our century about 1,5 million people were killed and this is a film which describes the life of a simple Armenian family which could rescue. They rescued and started to live an absolutely different life in a foreign country among foreign people. Watching this film, the parts describing the genocide my eyes get wet,as I know that all this horror really took place.I read a lot about it. Children,pregnant women,the old were cut with jataghans. the turkish soldiers and kurdist bandits cut noses,ears,lips of the priests,people from big villages were killed in a day.And so on, and so on. Forgive them,God.Now we are to live with this tragedy in our hearts.Our grandfathers were killed.And till now the Turkish dare to say that there was no genocide and even the Armenians made a genocide,meanwhile many countries in the world realizing everything proved this fact in their parlaments. "Mayrig" is a tragic film making each Armenian person think about his life.I feel that this film gave me a lot.Thanks to the makers of "Mayrig".

Incredibly emotional film, one of the best movies in the history