title: Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
text: # Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad
  
  Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad (French title: Une histoire de fou) is a 2015 French drama film co-written, produced and directed by Robert Guédiguian. The film is based on the true story of a Spanish journalist, José Antonio Gurriarán, who was left in a semi-paralyzed state after a bomb attack by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia in Madrid in 1981. He then recounted his experiences in an autobiographical novel La Bomba, which serves as the source material for the film. The film was screened in the Special Screenings section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Simon Abkarian as Hovannès
  * Ariane Ascaride as Anouch
  * Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Gilles
  * Syrus Shahidi as Aram
  * Razane Jammal as Anahit
  * Robinson Stévenin as Soghomon Tehlirian
  * Siro Fazilian as Arsinée
  * Amir Abou El Kacem as Vahé
  * Rania Mellouli as Nounée
  * Hrayr Kalemkerian as Haïk
  * Rodney Haddad as Vrej
  * Lola Naymark as Valérie
  * Serge Avedikian as Armenak
  * Omar Mikati as Narguiz
  