The Cut / Spi (2015)

1915 The head of a happy Armenian family, Nazaret Manukyan, lives with his beloved wife and twin daughters in Mardin. In just a few years, the Ottoman Empire will disappear from the world map, but for now, in the hope of returning it to its former power, the authorities are dragging the country into the First World War and pursuing a policy of brutal oppression of national minorities. One night, Nazareth, like other Armenian men, is taken away to build a road. Soon the forced laborers are called upon to convert to Islam, and those who disagree become victims of massacres. Nazareth miraculously escapes, but what about his loved ones? The hope remains that both young daughters have gone to safety. Looking for them, Nazareth sets off on a long and difficult journey through different cities and countries.