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At the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, another winner-A TOUCH OF SPICEa Greek film directed and written by TASSOS BOULMETIS, is a beautifully made film about the expulsion of a Greek family from Turkey to Greece in 1967. It mixes politics and religion and is set in a spice shop in Constantinople with beautiful scenery, and mood music. It is comedic to see Fanis, the young boy devleop a love for cooking - who spends much time in the kitchen - something that is not common with Greeks.
His friendship with a young girl is "I'll cook, you dance". Somehow in Greece, he also winds up in a kitchen for a bordello - which adds alot of humor. He however studies astrophysics and returns to Turkey for his dying grandpa , and his childhood love.
A beautiful scene when his father lays out different spices and accords them with the planets. There is alot of talk about cinnamon, and cumin, pepper, oregano and salt.
This movie is a culinary delight and a taster's choice **** - 4 stars


posted by Demetria at 1:45 PM