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My Grandfather's People (Turkish: Dedemin İnsanları) is a 2011 Turkish comedy-drama film directed by Çağan Irmak. [1] It focuses on a Cretan Turk aged man who was forced to leave his home in Crete during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, and who hopes to see his birthplace again before his death. [2]
My Grandfather's People: Directed by Çagan Irmak. With Çetin Tekindor, Yigit Özsener, Gökçe Bahadir, Sacide Tasaner. Grandpapa and his family were torn from their land, forced to migrate from Crete during the population exchange when he was just seven years old.
Sinopsis. Narra la historia de una familia cuyo abuelo emigra de Creta a la ciudad donde viven actualmente (Esmirna). Ça?an Irmak es uno de los directores más poderosos del cine turco y esta película muestra los paralelismos con respecto a la historia real de su propia familia. (FILMAFFINITY) Tu crítica.
Seen through the eyes of a 10 year old boy and his grandfather living in a small town in Crete, we witness the enormous upheaval when the Turkish population had to migrate in the early 20th century. It is a grand story about migration and fears but also about love and forgiveness.
Drama | Family Relationships. Synopsis. Grandpapa and his family were torn from their land, forced to migrate from Crete during the population exchange when he was just seven years old. Grands greatest desire is to see the land of his birth before he dies.
Seen through the eyes of a 10 year old boy and his grandfather living in a small town in Crete, we witness the enormous upheaval when the Turkish population had to migrate in the early 20th century. It is a grand story about migration and fears but also about love and forgiveness.
In "My Grandfather's People," an elderly man, haunted by the past, recalls his uprooted childhood in Crete during a traumatic population exchange. His yearning for home compels him to cast messages into the Aegean, weaving a poignant tale of loss and hope.
