Movies / A Touch of Spice (2003) aka Politiki kouzina

5/10

Runtime: 108 min

Genres: Comedy Drama

Languages: English Greek Turkish

Countries: Greece Turkey


The saga of a 40-year-old astrophysics professor who goes back to Turkey, where his grandfather raised him, evoking memories of his first love. In 1959 in Istanbul, Fanis Iakovidis is a young boy growing up in the multi-cultural city, where Greeks and Turks live side by side. Fanis' granddad, spice shop owner Vasilis, tells him that life, like food, requires salt, too and impregnates him with a broad, non-denominational outlook tinged with the mystical. Ignorant of growing political tensions, Fanis is heartbroken when the family is split up. As a Greek citizen, Fanis' father has his property confiscated and moves with his wife and Fanis to Athens; old Vasilis stays in his beloved Istanbul. Back in Greece, the family suffers the initial irony of being treated as de facto Turks. Flash forward to Athens in 1964, and Fanis is showing real talent as a cook, much to the comic dismay of his parents and teachers who fear he may be turning into a homosexual. Fanis still misses his grandfather, and even his father notes that Greece was much more beautiful in our minds than what we found here. The last segment is set in the present day, as the mature Fanis, a respected astrophysics prof, finally returns to Istanbul, where his granddad is mortally ill.


Directors (1) Credit
Tassos Boulmetis ...
Writers (1) Credit
Tassos Boulmetis writer
Composers (1) Credit
Evanthia Reboutsika ...
Editors (1) Credit
Yorgos Mavropsaridis ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Takis Zervoulakos ...
Actors (46) Credit
Amalia Zarifi Dorothea's Mother
Anthi Andreopoulou Teacher
Apostolos Tsironis Controller (as Apostolis Tsironis)
Athinodoros Prousalis Iordanis
Basak Köklükaya Saime
Despoina Sarafidou Lela
Dimitris Stefanopoulos Zinos
Dina Mihailidou Dorothea
Elena Tsitoura Hristina
Eleni Karamanidou Vasoula
Elias Zervos Pantelis
Ersi Malikenzou Varvara
Evelina Arapidou Baby Fanis
Georges Corraface Fanis Iakovidis (as George Corraface)
Giannis Fyrios Alekakis
Giorgos Antoniadis Balukli Priest
Giorgos Kyriakidis Fotis
Gözde Akyildiz Saime - 5 years old
Ieroklis Michaelidis Savvas Iakovidis
Kakia Panagiotou Aunt Elpiniki
Katerina Savrani Litsa
Marianna Mavrostamati Aishe
Marina Kalogirou Anna
Markos Osse Fanis - 8 years old
Mihalis Giannatos Grandpa's Friend
Mimis Thiopoulos Thomas
Natalia Kapodistria Marilena
Nikos Alatzas Herb Dealer
Nikos Bozopoulos Priest's Son / Customer
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos Fanis - 18 years old
Pavlos Orkopoulos Commander
Rafaella Aristopoanou Aishe - 6 years old
Renia Louizidou Soultana Iakovidou
Soula Bozi Aunt Eleftheria
Stefanos Damatos Turkish Officer
Stelios Mainas Uncle Aimilios
Stelios Roidis Kleovoulos
Tamer Karadagli Mustafa
Tasos Papanastasiou Turkish Dean
Tassos Bandis Grandpa Vasilis
Thanasis Kouvousis Student
Themis Panou Osman Beis
Thodoros Exarhos Thrasyvoulos
Tilemahos Kakouris Leonidas
Yannis Totzikas Priest
Yorgos Souxes Balukli Hospital Doctor