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The Last Homecoming

Ο Τελευταίος Γυρισμός

2008

A young couple travels from Athens to spend a seemingly idyllic summer with family at their seaside home in Cyprus in 1974 — just as the island lurches toward invasion and their idyll curdles into fear. A drama on the eve of catastrophe.

Why it’s here

Corinna Avraamidou’s period drama connects a family story to Cyprus’s intercommunal history and the approach of division.

Part of 10 Essential Cypriot Films

This film is stop 10 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Cyprus. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Cyprus in the 196 country film challenge.