

The Cut
In 1915, a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night, he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $1.2M
- Language
- Arabic
- deportation
- genocide
- period drama
- armenian genocide
- historical drama
- 1910s
- ottoman empire
- diaspora
- search for daughter
- genocide survivor
- armenian diaspora
- 20th century
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Produced in
Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, Poland, Jordan, Turkey
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereTribeca Film Festival18 Apr 2015
- Theatrical (limited)NR7 Aug 2015
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival10 Oct 2014
- Theatrical1524 Apr 2015
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema22 Apr 2015
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP14 Jan 2015
GermanyDE
- PremiereHamburg Film Festival27 Sept 2014
- Theatrical1216 Oct 2014
IndonesiaID
- PremiereEurope on Screen30 Apr 2016
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice International Film Festival31 Aug 2014
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTPG1226 Dec 2015
RomaniaRO
- PremiereBucharest International Film Festival22 Apr 2015
- Theatrical18+8 May 2015
South KoreaKR
- PremiereBusan International Film Festival3 Oct 2014
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT162 Oct 2014
Frequently asked questions
The Cut was released on 16 October 2014.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/19/2026
"Nararet" (Tahar Rahim) lives with his two daughters in what is a rapidly declining Ottoman Empire as the Great War rages around them. The authorities decide that all their Armenian peoples are too be moved out and he becomes separated from his young girls. Looking for them isn't going to be easy as the ensuing power vacuum is seeing both the Turkish army and some marauding opportunists vie for control of the territo…
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