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.[1][2]
| Peppermint | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Costas Kapakas |
| Written by | Costas Kapakas |
| Starring | Georges Corraface Any Loulou Alexandros Mylonas Nikoletta Vlavianou Tasos Palatzidis |
| Cinematography | Giannis Daskalothanasis |
| Edited by | Takis Yannopoulos |
| Music by | Panagiotis Kalatzopoulos |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
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.[3]
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
- 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
References
- "Record 46 Countries in Race for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2000-11-20. Archived from the original on 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- "AMPAS Announces the Nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards". indieWire. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- "Peppermint" (in Greek). tainiothiki.gr. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- "Peppermint (1999)". imdb. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- "award 1999". Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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