When the son of a powerful German politician is murdered on the divided island of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot detective Fatih and Greek Cypriot detective Eleni are forced to work together to solve the crime. As they dig deeper into the investigation, they uncover a web of corruption and conspiracy that reaches all the way to the European Union. As Fatih and Eleni struggle to overcome their own prejudices and biases, they must also navigate the complex political landscape of the island, where tensions between the two communities are always just beneath the surface. Can they put aside their differences and bring the killer to justice, or will the secrets of Cyprus prove too powerful to overcome?
TECHNICAL NOTES:
6×52’ | POLITICAL CRIME THRILLER | Languages: Greek, Turkish, English, German and Luxembourgish | Filming Locations: Cyprus, Germany, Luxembourg, Greece | Production: 2025
SUPPORTED BY:
Creative Europe
EKOME (Greek National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication)
Film Fund Luxembourg
The Mediterranean Film Institute
The strong Mediterranean light is incorporated into the look of the series. The audience should feel that the bright and clear images are not really exposing but they are rather concealing something, they become an impediment, a distortion of the truth. The reversal of the traditional dark=bad, light=good. In Brothers, bad things happen in broad daylight and the bad guys hide in blinding light. The conspiracy is constructed not underground, in wet, treacherous, and horrid places but out in the open, in hotel lobbies and fancy meetings. The obvious is unexpected. Peter Kohlmann’s killer is so familiar, you won’t find him hiding in the shadows. He is standing right next to you.
Fresh European stage. It’s exciting to think that there has not ever been another series like this in this area before. Such a unique place, I promise, Cyprus and its complicated political situation is unlike anything we have ever seen in drama. So many blocked emotions, characters crippled by tradition, by ghosts and memories. The past is present in Cyprus, and it’s a striking experience to witness.