Famagusta (2024)

Directed by

Andreas Georgiou

Genre

drama

Country

Cyprus, Greece

Length

3 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

8

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Greek Cypriot family deals with the aftermath of losing their infant son during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The story follows their decades-long struggle with grief and their search for answers about what happened to him.

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What happens

Famagusta is a Greek weekly drama television series, produced in 2023–2024, created by Antreas Georgiou and Vana Dimitriou. "Famagusta" is the Frankish name for Ammochostos, the capital of the homonymous province of Cyprus, meaning "buried in the sand" and occurring since the 4th century AD. The series presents the Greek Cypriot Sekeris family, living in free Cyprus, originally from the walled city of Famagusta. The family lives with the weight of the loss of their firstborn son when, in August 1974, during the second phase of the Turkish invasion of the island ("Attila 2"), the infant was snatched from his mother's arms and since then his fate has been unknown, as have 1,508 other Missing Persons, Greek Cypriots and Greeks. The series' creators, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion and occupation of Cyprus, brought to the small screen interpretations of the living narratives of survivors, with the aim of preserving the memory and the struggle for the fate of the Missing Persons. The series caused reactions on the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot sides for the decision of the global subscription platform Netflix to screen it from September 20, 2024, in Greece and throughout Cyprus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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