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My Grandfather's People

2011 · 123 min

A gentle, bittersweet memory piece that blends warm humour with quiet heartache as it drifts between past and present.

Directed by
Çağan Irmak
Genres
Comedy, Family, Drama
Starring
Çetin Tekindor, Yiğit Özşener, Gökçe Bahadır
Overview
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.

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Directed by
Çağan Irmak
Genres
Comedy, Family, Drama
Starring
Çetin Tekindor, Yiğit Özşener, Gökçe Bahadır
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • immigration
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, family, drama, history
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Country
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Languages
Turkish, Greek

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