Archive of films Touch of Spice / Politiki kouzina

Greece
2003, 108 min

Section: Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2004

Succulently shot story, set across 40 years in Istanbul and Athens, about a Greek man´s emotional ties to the two cities and cultures.

Synopsis

Tasty production values and accessible, colorful subject matter elevate food movie A Touch of Spice to a plat du jour in the Greek cinema menu. Using cuisine as a metaphor for national identity and personal feelings, bittersweet pic about a man, Fanis (George Corraface), torn between his ethnicity (Greek) and the country of his birth (Turkey) makes its points lightly and entertainingly. Structured as a long flashback as a group of the protag´s old friends arrive from Istanbul for a welcome meal, the story, like any Greco-Turkish meal, is divided into three segs - Appetizers (Istanbul, 1959), Main Courses (Athens, 1964) and Desserts (the present day). It´s the players, both kids and adults, who give the movie its character, especially Tassos Bandis´ philosophical old grandfather.
Derek Elley

Contacts

Bioscop (Magicbox a.s.)
Na Klikovce 7, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 221 436 100
Fax: +420 221 436 305
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bioscop.cz

Capitol Films
, W2 1LA, London
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 298 6200
Fax: +44 207 298 6201
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.capitolfilms.com

Village Roadshow Productions Hellas SA
, 141 21, Athens
Greece
Tel: +30 210 270 48 00
Fax: +30 210 270 48 88
www: www.warnerroadshow.gr

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!

Director:	Tassos Boulmetis
Screenplay:	Tassos Boulmetis
Dir. of Photography:	Takis Zervoulakos
Music:	Evanthia Reboutsika
Editor:	George Mavropsaridis
Producer:	Lily Papadopoulos, Artemi Skouloudi
Production:	Village Roadshow Productions Hellas SA
Cast:	George Corraface, Ieroklis Mihailidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli, Basak Koklukaya, Tassos Bandis, Stelios Mainas, Markos Osse, Yockse Gildis
Contact:	Bioscop (Magicbox a.s.), Capitol Films, Village Roadshow Productions Hellas SA