My Grandfather's People

My Grandfather's People

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Release Date

11/25/2011

Runtime

123 mins

Overview

A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.

Status

Released

Original Language

Turkish

Budget

-

Revenue

$6,086,224

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A personal, intimate reckoning with one family's displacement during a tumultuous historical moment. The film balances humor and heartache as it traces a grandfather's forced exile and its ripples across generations.

Mood

BittersweetContemplativeWistfulMelancholic

Themes

MemoryFamilyMigrationIdentity

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Framed flashback

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