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 | |
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Directed by | Costas Kapakas |
Written by | Costas Kapakas |
Starring | Georges Corraface Any Loulou Alexandros Mylonas Nikoletta Vlavianou Tasos Palatzidis |
Music by | Panagiotis Kalatzopoulos |
Cinematography | Giannis Daskalothanasis |
Edited by | Takis Yannopoulos |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Greece |
Language | Greek |
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.[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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