The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.
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Paz Vega
Nunik
Moritz Bleibtreu
Ferzan
Alessandro Preziosi
Egon
Ángela Molina
Ismene
Arsinée Khanjian
Armineh
Tchéky Karyo
Aram
Mariano Rigillo
Assadour
Hristo Shopov
Isman
Christo Jivkov
Sarkis
Mohammad Bakri
Nazim
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