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Overview

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Director:
Tassos Boulmetis
Writer:
Tassos Boulmetis (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 October 2003 (Greece) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Tagline:
Pepper...is hot and scorches, just like the sun more
Plot:
"A Touch of Spice" is a story about a young Greek boy (Fanis) growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
10 wins more
User Comments:
moving, sensitive & sensible more (31 total)

Cast

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Georges Corraface ... Fanis Iakovidis (as George Corraface)
Ieroklis Michaelidis ... Savvas Iakovidis
Renia Louizidou ... Soultana Iakovidou
Tamer Karadagli ... Mustafa
Basak Köklükaya ... Saime
Tassos Bandis ... Grandpa Vasilis
Stelios Mainas ... Uncle Aimilios
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos ... Fanis - 18 years old
Markos Osse ... Fanis - 8 years old
Thodoros Exarhos ... Thrasyvoulos
Athinodoros Prousalis ... Iordanis
Kakia Panagiotou ... Aunt Elpiniki
Dina Mihailidou ... Dorothea
Themis Panou ... Osman Beis
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gözde Akyildiz ... Saime - 5 years old
Nikos Alatzas ... Herb Dealer
Anthi Andreopoulou ... Teacher
Giorgos Antoniadis ... Balukli Priest
Evelina Arapidou ... Baby Fanis
Rafaella Aristopoanou ... Aishe - 6 years old
Soula Bozi ... Aunt Eleftheria
Nikos Bozopoulos ... Priest's Son / Customer
Stefanos Damatos ... Turkish Officer
Giannis Fyrios ... Alekakis
Mihalis Giannatos ... Grandpa's Friend
Tilemahos Kakouris ... Leonidas
Marina Kalogirou ... Anna
Natalia Kapodistria ... Marilena
Eleni Karamanidou ... Vasoula
Thanasis Kouvousis ... Student
Giorgos Kyriakidis ... Fotis
Ersi Malikenzou ... Varvara
Marianna Mavrostamati ... Aishe
Pavlos Orkopoulos ... Commander
Tasos Papanastasiou ... Turkish Dean
Stelios Roidis ... Kleovoulos
Despoina Sarafidou ... Lela
Katerina Savrani ... Litsa
Yorgos Souxes ... Balukli Hospital Doctor
Dimitris Stefanopoulos ... Zinos
Mimis Thiopoulos ... Thomas
Yannis Totzikas ... Priest
Apostolos Tsironis ... Controller (as Apostolis Tsironis)
Elena Tsitoura ... Hristina
Amalia Zarifi ... Dorothea's Mother
Elias Zervos ... Pantelis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Πολίτικη Κουζίνα (Greece)
A Touch of Spice (International: English title)
Baharatin tadi (Turkey: Turkish title)
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Runtime:
108 min
Country:
Greece | Turkey
Language:
English | Greek | Turkish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Athens, Greece more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Based on Tassos Boulmetis's personal experiences more
Quotes:
Fanis Iakovides: Granpa said the word gastronomer conceals within it the word astronomer. As such, my lessons in astronomy involved the use of spices. more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
moving, sensitive & sensible, 23 November 2004
Author: geeskcat

Here are some reasons why I profoundly enjoyed this film: I like movies where you get to know people - people you like, that you remember, that you keep with you. I also like it when the guy in the uniform is NOT the hero, but here it's even better - the guy in the uniform is wrong, but not quite all bad... I like when the Turks don't get all the blame. I like it when the Greeks don't get all the blame. I like spices and stars and complicated smells and honest, complex people and I like dreamers and slowly, carefully told tales about human people.

If they don't seem very good reasons, please consider that the whole is much, much more than the sum of the parts.

And by the way... I am proof you that you don't need to have any Greek ancestors to be moved by this movie.

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