The Cut (2014)

 

 

The Cut (2014)

Language: English | Genre: Drama, History | Subtitles: None

This film is based on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire 1915, which resulted in the forced migration and diaspora of the Armenian minority. One day a young family man, Nazaret Manoogian, gets deported by the Turkish authorities together with all the other Armenian men from his native village of Mardin. He becomes a forced laborer and only survives the mass murder by chance and an act of kindness, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night the devastated Nazaret learns that his daughters may still be alive and didn't die like his wife from starvation, violence or rape on death marches. Nazaret goes on a quest to find them and travels from his small village through the Mesopotamian deserts to the sea, always looking for clues that might lead him to his children. Nazaret's epic journey will take him from Asia to America, from the end to a new beginning...

Director: Fatih Akin
Writers: Fatih Akin (screenplay), Mardik Martin
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury
Country: Germany | France | Poland | Italy | Canada | Turkey
Also Known As: Il padre
Ratings: 6.0/10 from 1,149 users


The Post-Soviet Wars

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction: War and Peace in the Caucasus

2 Setting the Stage: The Past, the Nation, and the State

3 Making Sense: Conflict Theory and the Caucasus

4 Wars over Chechnya

5 Wars in Georgia

6 The War over Karabakh

7 Wars That Did Not Happen: Dagestan and Ajaria

8 Conclusion: Post-Soviet Wars and Theories of Internal

Wars

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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