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Letter from Pontus (2019)
Directed by Thomas Sideris
Drama, Documentary · 1h 19m
The family of Giannis Anastasiadis, leaves the village of Aydoğdu in Pontus and takes the road of refuge, at the end of 1919, while his father has already perished in the forced labor camps. The family scatters like the dust of Anatolia. His sisters, Kerekia and Victoria, die of typhus. Giannis and Isaac are separated in 1919 and do not see each other for more than 60 years. Giannis comes to Greece, but he never stops looking for his brother and writing letters to him. After many attempts, a Turkish Wali delivers Giannis's letter to Isaac and then the road opens, so that the two brothers can meet again.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Thomas Sideris
- Writer
- Thomas Sideris
- Editor
- Thodoros Metaxas, Thomas Sideris, Nikoletta Sideri
Details
- Original title
- Γράμμα από τον Πόντο
- Release date
- 2019-08-07
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Original language
- EL
- Spoken languages
- Greek
- Countries
- Greece
- Production
- ERT