Akamas

Akamas (2006)

Ακάμας

Omeris, a Turkish Cypriot boy, grows up with Greek-Cypriots in the innocent years of his homeland. He has been taught that human beings have no differences between them, whether they call themselves Greek or Turk, Muslim or Christian. When he falls in love with a Greek-Cypriot girl, he realizes that the world is not as he imagined it to be.The game of love has many surprises in store for him. Destiny ordains that he fight so that he can stay with his beloved, at a moment when the people around him are moving in exactly the opposite direction, towards separation and partition. If he doesn't want to be defeated he must fight the absurdity of fanaticism that is invading his personal life and is trying to crush it.

Date of release
2006-11-23
TMDB
2.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
Drama
Director
Panikkos Hrysanthou

Casting

Interesting facts

Akamas is a 2006 Cypriot feature film directed by Panicos Chrysanthou about a love affair between a Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot despite their families' opposition and the intercommunal violence of the 1960s.

Production

Although the main plot is archetypal, the subplot draws from the director's own life. Panicos' parents owned a coffee shop in Kythrea where he would hear many stories.

Most of the film was filmed in the Akamas area.

Akamas has many scenic views allowing for superb cinematography.

Akamas is a symbol for the film; it is a peninsula.

Financing was made available by Turkey, Bulgaria and Cypriot government bodies (the individual production companies were Artimages Ltd, Cyprus - Marathon Filmcilik, Turkey - Creator C, Hungary).

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