La Masseria Delle Allodole

"La Masseria Delle Allodole" is a 2007 Italian film directed by Taviani brothers about the Armenian Genocide.

Plot

The story tells about the Avakian clan, an Armenian family living in Turkey and having two houses. The Avakians feel convinced that the rising tide of Turkish hostility on the horizon means little to them and will scarcely affect their day to day. The Avakians don't pay attention to the warning signs, and set about preparing for a family reunion with the impending visit of two well-to-do sons - landowner Aram, who resides in Turkey, and Assadour, a physician living in Venice. These illusions come crashing down when a Turkish military regiment crops up at the house, annihilates every male member of the family and forces the ladies to trek off into the Syrian desert, where they will be left to rot. With them goes one of the little boys of the family, who was dressed into a girl in order not to be killed. Meanwhile, a handsome Turkish officer (Alessandro Preziosi) falls in love with Aram's daughter and makes an aggressive attempt to deliver her and her family from certain death, even as the circumstances surrounding him attest to the astounding difficulty of doing so.

Cast

*Paz Vega
*Moritz Bleibtreu
*Alessandro Preziosi
*Ángela Molina
*Arsinée Khanjian
*Mohammed Bakri
*Tchéky Karyo
*Mariano Rigillo
*Hristo Shopov
*Christo Jivkov
*Stefan Danailov
*Linda Batista
*Assen Blatechki
*Marius Donkin
*André Dussollier
*Itzhak Finzi
*Ubaldo Lo Presti
*Hristo Mitzkov
*Enrica Maria Modugno
*Elena Rainova
*Yvonne Sciò
*Maria Statoulova
*Alessandro Bressanello
*Valentin Ganev
*Nadia Konakchieva
*Roberto Serpi
*George Zlatarev

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