588 rue Paradis

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588 rue Paradis

1992

2h 15m

7.2(26 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A successful playwright reflects on his journey from his Armenian roots to adapting in France, forty years after his family's move to Marseilles. He now goes by a new name to fit in better with French society.

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45 members

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Richard Berry

Pierre Zakar

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Claudia Cardinale

Araxi (Mayrig) Zakarian

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Omar Sharif

Hagop Zakarian

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Jacques Villeret

Alexandre Pagès

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Zabou Breitman

Astrid Setian

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Nathalie Roussel

Gayane

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Diane Bellego

Carole

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Jacky Nercessian

Apkar

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Isabelle Sadoyan

Anna

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Sylvie Joly

Georgette Sylva

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Cédric Doucet

Azad age 7

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Tom Ponsin

Azad age 12

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Stéphane Servais

Azad age 20

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Danièle Lebrun

Alexandre's mother

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Ginette Garcin

Madame Crespel

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Ève Ruggieri

Self

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Maurice Chevit

Nazareth

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Jean-Pierre Delage

Doctor Philibert

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Henry Djanik

Actor in the play

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André Julien

Druggist Anzani

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Philippe Dehesdin

Unknown Role

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Raoul Curet

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Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

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Pierre-Olivier Faïs

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Nicolas Vacaro

Tigrane

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Christophe Combettes

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Alexis Tomassian

Adrien, Pierre Zakar's son

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Jennifer Bostroem

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Jacques Ciron

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Bernard Spiegel

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Pierre Belot

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Marie Verdi

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Bernard Bireaud

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Gérard Dessalles

Unknown Role

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Salah Teskouk

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Stéphane Slima

Actor in the play

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Nicole Gueden

Unknown Role

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Pascale Quelfennec

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Étienne Bartholomeus

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Jean-Michel Molé

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Véronique Kapoyan

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Brigitte Barry

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Dorothée Picard

Unknown Role

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Bernard Musson

Butler

Directing

Henri Verneuil

Priest in an Armenian church (uncredited)

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