Peppermint (1999 film)

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

Old schoolmates attend a reunion party, and an aviation engineer amongst them takes a trip down memory lane. As he reminisces about his childhood and his extraordinary relationship with his cousin Marina, the viewer looks on the lives of the protagonists, taking a glimpse of 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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