A Touch of Spice
(2003)
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A Touch of Spice
(2003)
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Fanis Iakovidis
(as George Corraface)
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Ieroklis Michaelidis | ... |
Savvas Iakovidis
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Renia Louizidou | ... |
Soultana Iakovidou
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Tamer Karadagli | ... |
Mustafa
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Basak Köklükaya | ... |
Saime
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Tassos Bandis | ... |
Grandpa Vasilis
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Stelios Mainas | ... |
Uncle Aimilios
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Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos | ... |
Fanis - 18 years old
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Markos Osse | ... |
Fanis - 8 years old
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Thodoros Exarhos | ... |
Thrasyvoulos
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Athinodoros Prousalis | ... |
Iordanis
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Kakia Panagiotou | ... |
Aunt Elpiniki
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Dina Mihailidou | ... |
Dorothea
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Themis Panou | ... |
Osman Beis
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Gözde Akyildiz | ... |
Saime - 5 years old
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"A Touch of Spice" is a story about a young Greek boy (Fanis) growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor,teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor; they both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love; he travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life. Written by Anonymous
I just watched the film for the second time in two days and loved it. Initialy, you may be forgiven of thinking that the film is a testament to nostalgia, love, and the preocupation of the Greeks with good food. Nevertheless, although cooking is the main theme of the film, halfway through you realize that there is a serious story behind the gastronomy.
The production, computer graphics and sound could be better but that doesn't really matter. Cinema is about the whole product and in this case it is superb. Good casting with some splendid performances, great cinematography, excellent direction, great music. If that's not enough for you, the film communicates a fine and simple philosophy about life, the universe and everything - one that we used to identify with but sadly we are rapidly moving away from it.
I hope the film is distributed outside Greece. I wouldn't be surprised if it won a few international awards.