Don't Tell Me The Boy Was Mad

– Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 14 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Original Name:
Une histoire de fou
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015) - Also known as Une histoire de fou

Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram's mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles at the hospital and beg for his forgiveness, something that Gilles does not understand. Against the advice of his comrades in Beirut, Aram decides to go meet his victim.

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Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Nov 2015

Language:

French, Armenian, German

Director:

Robert Guédiguian

Writer:

Robert Guédiguian, Gilles Taurand, José Antonio Gurriaran (based on the autobiography by)

Main Actors:

Simon Abkarian, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Syrus Shahidi

Plot:

In the 80s, Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles Tessier, a young cyclist who was passing at that moment, is seriously injured. Aram, on the run, joins the Armenian Liberation Army in Beirut, the hotbed of international revolution in those years. Gilles is trying to understand when Anouch, Aram's mother, arrives in his hospital room to beg his forgiveness. She admits that her son planted the bomb. Aram clashes with his comrades in Beirut and decides to meet his victim to make him his spokesman.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10