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
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