

Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
2015, French. Directed by Robert Guédiguian.
Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram's mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles at the hospital and beg for his forgiveness, something that Gilles does not understand. Against the advice of his comrades in Beirut, Aram decides to go meet his victim.
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 11 November 2015
- Original title
- Une histoire de fou
- Country
- France, Lebanon
- Written by
- Gilles Taurand, Robert Guédiguian
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Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad runs 134 minutes (2h 14m).
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Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 November 2015. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad?
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (2015) was directed by Robert Guédiguian and stars Ariane Ascaride, Syrus Shahidi, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.