The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Most of the 648 2010s history movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes51%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
519 audience votes
Key crew
- Terry GeorgeDirector
- Terry GeorgeWriter
- Robin SwicordWriter
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Oscar IsaacMikael Boghosian
- Charlotte Le BonAna Khesarian
- Christian BaleChris Myers
- Daniel Giménez CachoReverend Dikran Antreassian
- Tom HollanderGarin
- Shohreh AghdashlooMarta Boghosian
- Rade ŠerbedžijaStephan
- Marwan KenzariEmre Ogan
- Angela SarafyanMaral
- Numan AcarMustafa
- Igal NaorMesrob
- Milene MayerYeva
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Themes
journalistlove triangleworld war iartistturkeygenocidearmenian genocidemedical studentottoman empireconstantinopleistanbul