The Ruins of Agios Sozomenos

The abandoned and deserted village, called Agios Sozomenos, is found between Potamia and Geri in Cyprus

In 1974 very harsh battles took place in the area, between the defending Greek Cypriots and the attacking Turks, resulting to the destruction of the village

In the 1980s, Cypriot filmmaker, Panikos Chrysathou, was inspired to make a film about the area named A Detail in Cyprus. In the film, a woman with her small daughter visits the ruined village in the middle of Cyprus flat land. Ex-villagers, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots come to the ruins, and each of them narrates a personal story of war. The audience in turn is given a glimpse into the trouble of 1964, which transformed the peaceful, mixed village into to a deserted area.


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