Sunrise. HISLOP V.

What can a person decide on to protect those whom he loves? Cyprus is the pearl of the Mediterranean Sea. Famagusta is the most beautiful city on the island, in which tourists from all over the world flow out... Aphrodite and her husband Savvas open the most luxurious in Famagust Hotel "Sunrise", where both the Greeks and the Turks work peacefully. Fleeing from interethnic enmity, two families are moving to Famagusta - Greek Georgiu and Turkish Yozkan. Their houses are located nearby, and families quickly find a common language. However, under the outer gloss of a calm life in the city, tension is felt.

, under the pretext of protecting Turks-kipriotes, Turkish troops invade the island, plunging the country into chaos. In horror, almost all residents leave Famagusta, and only two families - Georgiu and Yozkan - remain in a destroyed and looted city, finding a refuge in the Voskhod hotel abandoned by the owners. Trying to survive in inhuman conditions, they fight hunger, fear and their own prejudices...