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Peppermint (1999 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Peppermint' is a 1999 Greek film directed by Costas Kapakas. It was Greece's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
A reunion party of old schoolmates becomes the cause an engineer of airplanes to travel back in his life. He remembers his childhood and his extraordinary relationship with his cousin Marina. Along with the lives of the protagonists, the film presents the Greek society between 1955 and 1973.
Cast
*Georges Corraface as Stefanos Karouzos
*Any Loulou as Alkistis Karouzou
*Alexandros Mylonas as Pavlos Karouzos
*Nikoletta Vlavianou as Ariadni
*Tasos Palatzidis as Michalakis
*Giorgos Gerontidakis-Sempetadelis as Stefanos Karouzos at 12
*Markella Pappa as Marina at 12
Reception
Awards
winner:*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Film
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Debut Director (Costas Kapakas)
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Screenplay (Costas Kapakas)
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Actress (Any Loulou)
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Tasos Palatzidis)
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Music (Panagiotis Kalatzopoulos)
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Editing
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Sound
*1999: Greek State Film Awards for Best Make up
nominated:
*1999: Thessaloniki International Film Festival for Golden Alexander
*2000: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Not Nominated)
See also
*Cinema of Greece
*List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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