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Shadows and Faces

Gölgeler ve Suretler

2010

In a Cypriot village in 1963, Greek and Turkish neighbors who have long lived side by side are torn apart as intercommunal violence erupts, seen through the eyes of a Turkish-Cypriot shadow-puppeteer and his daughter. A poignant drama of a community's rupture.

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A Turkish feature centered on Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot villagers torn apart by the 1963 conflict.

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