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The Last Homecoming

Directed by Corinna Avraamidou

Secrets, Desires and Distant Threats
A family’s age of innocence comes to an end…

Official Selection! Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Official Finalist! Canada International Film Festival! (use Canadian leaves)
Official Selection! Chicago’s European Union Film Festival
Official Selection! Alexandria International Film Festival
Official Selection! Varna Bulgaria International Film Festival

Passion. Desire. Betrayal. War. The heart follows no rules.

8.2 / 10 —IMDB.com

During the course of what seems to be an idyllic Mediterranean summer, a Greek Cypriot family are asked to re-evaluate their relationships, as compelling desires and needs are beginning to unfold. Passions, infidelities and betrayal emerge, while political mumblings are heard in the distance. The year is 1974. Soon their world is about to change forever.

Alexandra and Orestes, a handsome young couple, arrive from Athens, to spend the summer holidays with Orestes’ family at the beautiful seaside town of northern Cyprus, Kyrenia. The year is 1974. Phaedra, Orestes’ mother is a passionate Greek literature teacher who decides to mount a performance of Euripides’ “Trojan Women” with the help of the family and the townspeople. Her husband Yiannis is a silent observer as her old lover Manolis, follows closely her every move. The political turbulence of the time is manifested as Manolis, a right- wing nationalist, dreams of the unification of Cyprus with Greece stating that the “Greekness” of the island is under threat by Turkey. Nevertheless, the Turkish Cypriot gardener and neighbour Aziz and his deaf daughter Nellin are the closest friends of the family, having shared a life-time next to each other. Meanwhile, Stefanos, Orestes’ brother, who is a journalist and a political left-wing activist, also arrives at the house. The differences between the two brothers are obvious.  Alexandra’s restless nature leads to an inevitable attraction between her and Stefanos, while the whole community comes alive with the preparations for the play. As the play climaxes with a triumphant opening night, Stefanos and Alexandra resolve to the urgency of their passion and Manolis takes part in the coup to overthrow the president Makarios – bringing to a climax the complex forces at play. A superbly produced epic drama about love, loss and betrayal.

Cast:
Stavros Louras 
Popi Avraam 
Dimitris Xistras 
Christopher Greco 
Maria Kitsou 
Christodoulos Martas 
Zoe Kyprianou 
Osman Alkas 
Maria Christodoulou 
George Constantinou 
Marianna Papamichael
Stelios Kafkarides And
Despina Bebedeli

Cyprus/Greece 2008
85 Minutes, Color
Romantic-Drama
Greek with English subtitles
4:3 Letterbox
Dolby Digital
Not Rated

DVD UPC 658769 934038
CAT# VF9340
$19.95 SRP