Fatih Akin’s ‘The Cut’ to be screened in France

The Cut, a film by German-Turkish director Fatih Akin, is going to be screened in France today.

The film tells about the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, which claimed more than 1.5m lives.

Fatih Akin himself cannot travel without bodyguards because of Turkish threats.

The film is about a young man by the name of Nazareth Manoogian gets deported from his native village of Mardin. After the deportations, Manoogian learns that his daughters may be alive. He travels to various parts of the world in search for them.

Tahar Rahim, a French actor of Algerian descent, plays the role of Nazareth Manoogian.