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Akamas

Ακάμας

2006

Growing up in the innocent years before Cyprus was torn apart, a Turkish-Cypriot boy raised among Greek-Cypriots learns that people are people, whatever their faith or flag — a belief the coming conflict will cruelly test. A tender, tragic drama of a divided island.

Why it’s here

Panicos Chrysanthou’s Cyprus-made historical romance connects a cross-community relationship to the island’s independence struggle and division.