Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's injuries in a terrorist ttack, he's also come to seek revenge for the drama that has marked his family and his life.
Acting
Abkarian carries grief like a second spine—minimalist, crushing.
Direction
Kechichian's patient, documentary-adjacent approach to thriller mechanics.
Director
Robert Kechichian
Simon Abkarian
Aram
Lubna Azabal
Méliné
Mathieu Demy
Lévon
Serge Avédikian
Talaat
Isabelle Sadoyan
Tante Anouche
Jean-Yves Chatelais
Maître Kavedjian
Alain Mottet
Miran Sarkissian
Gilles Arbona
M. Paul
Olivier Loustau
Mehmet
Marc Anthony Samuel
Vartan
Fabio Zenoni
Virgil
Julien Lambroschini
Stéphane
Smaïl Mekki
Fodil
Samir Guesmi
Saad
Malik Faraoun
Nizamettin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kechichian's trilogy—Aram, Le Voyage en Arménie, Les Arènes de la douleur—maps Armenian-French identity through masculine crisis and historical wound. This is the angriest entry.
Simon Abkarian, born in Lebanon to Armenian parents, essentially plays a shadow version of his own possible history—he'd later bring similar gravity to Casino Royale's villain.
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