Rent Touch of Spice (2003)
3.8 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
Fanis (Georges Corraface / Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos / Markos Osse) is a man torn between his Greek ethnicity and his emotional roots in Turkey, the country of his birth. Using the device of cuisine as a metaphor for national identity and personal feelings, we see Fanis grow from a boy whose grandfather imparts culinary and philosophical expertise from the Aladdin's cave of his spice shop, to a young man with a true passion for food. Deported to Greece with his family as a young boy, Fanis returns home after 35 years for an emotional reunion with his grandfather...and his first love. A bitter sweet journey of the senses, set against the historical backdrop of the deportation of thousands of Greeks from Istanbul, this is one of the biggest Greek films of all time. - Actors:
- Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli, Basak Köklükaya, Tassos Bandis, Stelios Mainas, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Markos Osse, Thodoros Exarhos, Athinodoros Prousalis, Kakia Panagiotou, Dina Mihailidou, Themis Panou, Gözde Akyildiz, Nikos Alatzas, Anthi Andreopoulou, Giorgos Antoniadis, Evelina Arapidou, Rafaella Aristopoanou
- Directors:
- Tassos Boulmetis
- Producers:
- Harry Antonopoulos, Abdullah Oguz, Lily Papadopoulos, Dionyssis Samiotis
- Writers:
- Tassos Boulmetis
- Aka:
- Politiki kouzina
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Screen Cuisine
- Countries:
- Greece
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Reviews (1) of Touch of Spice
Sweet confectionary - Touch of Spice review by CH
Even the most stony hearted viewer may need to stifle a tear during this sweetly inoffensive film, that wisely tiptoes around the sensitive subject matters of retaliatory expulsion of Greeks from Istanbul. There’s more than a touch of comedy here and a pinch of magic realism there as a young boy becomes obsessed by the collective family disputes in the kitchen over the high stakes art of traditional cooking and the adding of potent spices.
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