Searching For Rodakis

Synopsis

As a Greek tombstone of unknown origin is discovered underneath the floorboards in an old village house in Turkey, an almost forgotten story from the country’s creation unravels; the forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The engraved Cyrillic letters tell of a woman, Chrysoula Rodaki, who died in 1887. And so the search for her descendants begins: It leads director Kerem Soyyilmaz to local archives, where his own family's role in history is laid bare; to abandoned ghost towns and through the memories of older villagers - all while Soyyilmaz meets massive support for his quest from Greeks on the other side of the border. The stone becomes a portal to the past - and for a while, the trauma becomes redeemed when the previous owners of the village house return.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kerem Soyyılmaz
Writing	Writer	Kerem Soyyılmaz
Production	Producer	Kerem Soyyılmaz
Crew	Cinematography	Andreas Ascanius Lundmark Jakobsen
Editing	Editor	Burak Dal
Department	Role	Name

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