The Summer Will Come

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Set against the backdrop of 1950s Cyprus: the rise of EOKA the underground nationalist movement dedicated to ending British colonial rule in Cyprus and to achieve Enosis (unity) with Greece.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nine-year-old twin Elena lives with her mother Evangelia her brother and grandmother in the mountain village of Kato Lefkara. They are content but destitute and rely on hand-me-downs and the generous help of friends and family to survive. Elena's dream of joining her father in London after his absence of many years becomes a reality with the receipt of a letter. With peace across Cyprus being threatened her mother plans their passage to London. But will their new life bring the safety love and new opportunities Elena dreams of.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Teenager Christaki lives with his father Loizos his mother and siblings in Ayios Tychonas a coastal village overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. His family is well-off successful and respected. Christaki faces a bright future until his family embroiled in the EOKA fight is faced with threat and great personal loss. The family faces their harsh reality and is forced to reluctantly organise their escape to London.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Life in London is hard but </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>...nothing is exaggerated here our heroes suffer culture shock and family tribulations but they also find new positives...</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> while trying to forge new beginnings.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Elena and Christaki's paths cross in London and it seems happier times could be theirs but at what cost?</p><p><br></p>