Parallel Trips (2004)
Overview
Turkish and Greek islanders talk about their losses and their experience of shifting residences across to the north and to the south post-1974. In this Turkish and Greek Cypriot joint production, Zaim and Chrysanthou deal with extremely sensitive socio-historical material successfully.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.176 |
Directed By
Panikkos Hrysanthou
Derviş Zaim
Crew
Dinos Kittou
Giannis Yiapanis
Mehmet Incirli
Panikkos Hrysanthou
Aliki Panagi
Panikkos Hrysanthou
Toth Vadnai Gabor
Derviş Zaim
Emine Senduran
Panikkos Hrysanthou
Paris Prokopiou
John Michaelides
Feza Çaldıran
Emine Senduran
Berke Bas
TOP CAST
Sirin Zaferyildizi
Narrator
Panayiota Efthymiou
Narrator
Marios Efthymioou
Narrator
Saim Aygin
Narrator
Michalis Palaontas
Narrator
Salih Bayraktar
Narrator
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