# Searching for Rodakis (2023) — on MUBI?

- **Director:** Kerem Soyyılmaz
- **Genres:** Documentary
- **Runtime:** 56 min
- **MUBI rating:** 8.7/10 (126 ratings)

## Available on MUBI in
- 🇹🇷 Turkey — until April 30

## Synopsis
As a Greek tombstone of unknown origin is discovered underneath the floorboards in an old village house in Turkey, an almost forgotten story from the country’s creation unravels; the forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. The engraved Cyrillic letters tell of a woman, Chrysoula Rodaki, who died in 1887. And so the search for her descendants begins: It leads director Kerem Soyyilmaz to local archives, where his own family's role in history is laid bare; to abandoned ghost towns and through the memories of older villagers - all while Soyyilmaz meets massive support for his quest from Greeks on the other side of the border. The stone becomes a portal to the past - and for a while, the trauma becomes redeemed when the previous owners of the village house return.

Watch on MUBI: https://mubi.com/films/searching-for-rodakis

Page: https://mubimap.com/film/searching-for-rodakis/ · Data: MUBI catalog (42 countries) + TMDB · Updated 2026-09-10