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The Rape of Aphrodite(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-10-04
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Time: 2h 30m
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The story of the Cyprus' turbulent recent history using the device of a desperate man, Evagoras (Costas Timvios), who returns to the island after years of absence to look for his wife and son. His family disappeared while they were visiting his native village on Cyprus, just when the Turkish army invaded (1974). As Evagoras goes out on his search each day with a friendly taxi driver, flashbacks illustrate the recent history of the Greek Cypriots, and the normally quiet Evagoras heads closer and closer to a militant stance.
Languages: Greek.
Countries:
Greece,
Cyprus
ProductionCompanies: 
Cinema Advisory Committee of Cyprus
Cinemagic
Optical Studios
Suite Sixteen
Tone Studio
Movie: The Rape of Aphrodite
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Κώστας Τύμβιος
Evagoras
Θάλεια Αργυρίου
Afroditi
Σπύρος Σταυρινίδης
Onisilos
Ηλιάνα Χαλκιά
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The story of the Cyprus' turbulent recent history using the device of a desperate man, Evagoras (Costas Timvios), who returns to the island after years of absence to look for his wife and son. His family disappeared while they were visiting his native village on Cyprus, just when the Turkish army invaded (1974). As Evagoras goes out on his search each day with a friendly taxi driver, flashbacks illustrate the recent history of the Greek Cypriots, and the normally quiet Evagoras heads closer and closer to a militant stance.
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1984-10-04
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