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A Touch of Spice

2003 · 108 min

A warm, bittersweet reminiscence that unfolds like a slow-cooked meal, blending nostalgia and loss with the comfort of spices and first love.

Directed by
Tasos Boulmetis
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou
Tagline
Cinnamon... is bitter and sweet, just like a woman
Overview
"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy 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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Directed by
Tasos Boulmetis
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • identity
  • love
  • family
  • immigration
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Tasos Boulmetis
Starring
Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Stelios Mainas, Tassos Bandis, Marina Kalogirou, Ersi Malikenzou, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
Music
Evanthia Reboutsika
Cinematography
Takis Zervoulakos
Runtime
108 min
Country
Greece, Turkey
Languages
Turkish, Greek, English

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