

Parallel Trips
2004-04-15 · 142 min · Not rated
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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- Directors
- Derviş Zaim, Panikkos Hrysanthou
- Production companies
- Artimages, Maraton Filmcilik, United Nations Development Programme
- Countries
- Cyprus, Turkey
- Status
- Released
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