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Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian is an actor known for his roles in French and Armenian films. He has also appeared in American productions such as "Casino Royale" and "Zero Dark Thirty". Abkarian has won numerous acting awards for his performances, including the César Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.

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Persepolis

Persepolis

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 8

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Ho...

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Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.7

The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

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The Swallows of Kabul

Les Hirondelles de Kaboul

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an...

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Zarafa

Zarafa

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling...

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Army of Crime

L'Armée du crime

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.7

This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operati...

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Someone, Somewhere

Deux moi

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness...

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The Audition

Das Vorspiel

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young Alexander, in whom she alone sees great talent. She devot...

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Ararat

Ararat

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

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The Cut

The Cut

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 6.2

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

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Scribe

La Mécanique de l'ombre

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 6.2

Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially withou...

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