trying to survive with the gang, Nazareth came across to an old customer from Mardin, who told Nazareth that surviving Armenians went to Raʾs al-ʿAin, which became one of several cities Nazareth visited to trace his family. When he concluded that everyone in his family had died, he was devastated and unsure about what to do. At that point, he met a soap maker from Aleppo, called Umair Nasreddin. The soap maker provided refuge to not only Nazareth but also many more Armenians, which can also be interpreted as a metaphor: bystanders to the Genocide cleansing their guilt by helping the surviving victims. It is in Aleppo that Nazareth learned that his daughters might still be alive and set out to find them first in Lebanon, then in Cuba and finally in Ruso, North Dakota, United States. Cast Tahar Rahim as Nazaret Manoogian Simon Abkarian as Krikor Hindi Zahra as Rakel Kevork Malikyan as Hagob Nakashian as Mehmet Zein Fakhoury as Arsinée Dina Fakhoury as Lucinée Trine Dyrholm as Orphanage Headmistress Arsinée Khanjian as Mrs. Nakashian Akin Gazi as Hrant as Vahan Numan Acar as Manuel Makram Khoury as Omar Nasreddin Anna Savva as Mr. Krikorian Critical reception Metacritic gave the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on reviews from 7 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews". References External links 2014 films 2014 drama films 2014 war drama films 2010s historical drama films German war drama films German historical drama films Armenian genocide films Films set in North Dakota Films directed by Fatih Akin 2010s German films