A Touch of Spice (2003)

"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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Tassos Boulmetis

Writer:

Tassos Boulmetis

Stars:

Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou

11 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
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:
Gökçe Akyildiz	...	Saime - 5 years old (as Gözde Akyildiz)

Storyline

"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.

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Plot Keywords:

turkish bath | homesickness | deportation | istanbul | turkey | 

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Taglines:

Cinnamon... is bitter and sweet, just like a woman

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Greece Turkey

Language:

Greek Turkish English

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (Greece)

Also Known As:

A Touch of Spice

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,395,779

Company Credits

Production Co:

Village Roadshow Productions, Greek Film Center, FilmNet

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on Tassos Boulmetis's personal experiences

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Goofs

At Aishe's ballet class, the pianist that we see isn't playing anything close to what we hear.

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Quotes

Fanis Iakovides: As The Turks sent us away as Greeks, The Greeks received us as Turks.

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Soundtracks

Grand Dad's Friends
Guitars by Panagiotis Kalatzopoulos, Christos Terzis
(p) Cantini 2003
© Cantini 2003

User Reviews

moving, sensitive & sensible

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.