Zimt und Koriander (2003)

Zimt und Koriander: Directed by Tassos Boulmetis. With Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli. “A Touch of Spice” is a story about a young Greek boy (Fanis) 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.

“Here are some reasons why I profoundly enjoyed this film: I like movies where you get to know people – people you like, that you remember, that you keep with you. I also like it when the guy in the uniform is NOT the hero, but here itu0026#39;s even better – the guy in the uniform is wrong, but not quite all bad… I like when the Turks donu0026#39;t get all the blame. I like it when the Greeks donu0026#39;t get all the blame. I like spices and stars and complicated smells and honest, complex people and I like dreamers and slowly, carefully told tales about human people.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf they donu0026#39;t seem very good reasons, please consider that the whole is much, much more than the sum of the parts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd by the way… I am proof you that you donu0026#39;t need to have any Greek ancestors to be moved by this movie.”