Despoiling a blood-stained Country

Greece – Cyprus, 2009, b&w, col., Dur.: 83΄
Dir: Takis Papayannidis, Scr.: Vasilis Vasilikos, Margarita Bonatsou, Takis Papayannidis, Cin.: Angelos Viskadourakis, Ed.: Giannis Tsitsopoulos, Mus.: Evanthia Remboutsika, Prod.: Takis Papayannidis, Dimitris Papayannidis.

This realistic documentary is about author’s V. Vasilikos visit to Cyprus, in 2009, 35 years after the Turkish invasion in the northern part of the island, where he witnessed the destruction of the country’s cultural heritage. Ravaged monuments and artifacts laying around people who are trying to rehabilitate themselves while attempting a rebirth of their homeland’s historical substance.

Takis Papayannidis
The Age of the Sea (1978), Birth City (1987), Thessaloniki – Three Winds (1997), From Phoenix Ashes (1999), The Sun always rises (2000), November’s secret (2003)