A Touch of Spice
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A Touch of Spice

(2003)Directed by Tasos Boulmetis108 minComedy, Drama
“Cinnamon... is bitter and sweet, just like a woman”

Why does a man who has spent his life seasoning other people's days find his own so bland? Fanis Iakovidis (Georges Corraface) is forty and living in Athens when he heads back to Istanbul, where he was born, to find his grandfather Vasilis (Tassos Bandis) and the girl he first loved. Tasos Boulmetis tells it through Fanis's memory of the old man's kitchen, where food comes with a philosophy.

Georges Corrafaceas Fanis Iakovidis (40 years old)
Ieroklis Michaelidisas Savvas Iakovidis
Renia Louizidouas Soultana Iakovidou
Stelios Mainasas Uncle Emilios
Tassos Bandisas Grandpa Vasilis
Ersi Malikenzouas Madam Varvara
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulosas Fanis Iakovidis (17 years old)
Gökçe Akyıldızas Saime - 5 years old
Themis Panouas Osman Bei
Dina Mihailidouas Dorothea
Pavlos Orkopoulosas Commander
Kakia Panagiotouas Elpiniki
Mihalis Giannatosas Grandpa's friend
Thodoros Exarhosas Thrasyvoulos
Elias Zervosas Pantelis
Nikos Alatzasas Herb Dealer
Anthi Andreopoulouas Teacher
Giannis Fyriosas Alekakis
Natalia Kapodistriaas Marilena
Giorgos Kyriakidisas Fotis