L’autre côté de la mer
(Suyun ote yani)

The first half of 1980’s, during which numerous people were put in prison because of their political ideas. A university professor, who has been just released although his case is still in progress, cornes to Cunda island of Ayvalik for a short vacation with his wife. The pension they choose to stay is kept by an elderly lady, Sidika, who has come from Girit in 1924. Homeland stories of those who have lived here for more than  half a century as well as the image of a Greek soliciter who has found refuge in Cunda during the Military coup in Greece transform the short vacation to a journey into past and future…The professor will corne to Cunda five years later, alone this time, having been sentenced to many years and will try to make the difficult decision of whether to find refuge on the other side of the water.