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The Lark Farm

The Lark Farm

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The Lark Farm

2007

2h 2m

6.2(26 votes)

History

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

Nimar Studios

France 2 Cinéma

RAI Cinema

Eagle Pictures

TVE

27 Films Production

Canal+

MEDIA Programme of the European Union

ARD Degeto

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Paz Vega

Paz Vega

Nunik

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Ferzan

Alessandro Preziosi

Alessandro Preziosi

Egon

Ángela Molina

Ángela Molina

Ismene

Arsinée Khanjian

Arsinée Khanjian

Armineh

Tchéky Karyo

Tchéky Karyo

Aram

Mariano Rigillo

Mariano Rigillo

Assadour

Hristo Shopov

Hristo Shopov

Isman

Christo Jivkov

Christo Jivkov

Sarkis

Mohammad Bakri

Mohammad Bakri

Nazim

Creative team

Directed by: Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani
Written by: Paolo Taviani
Vittorio Taviani
Produced by: Stefano Dammicco
Ramon Colom

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