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Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
140 audience votes
Key crew
- Tasos BoulmetisScreenplay
- Tasos BoulmetisDirector
- Evanthia ReboutsikaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Georges CorrafaceFanis Iakovidis (40 years old)
- Ieroklis MichaelidisSavvas Iakovidis
- Renia LouizidouSoultana Iakovidou
- Stelios MainasUncle Emilios
- Tassos BandisGrandpa Vasilis
- Marina KalogirouAnna
- Ersi MalikenzouMadam Varvara
- Odysseas PapaspiliopoulosFanis Iakovidis (17 years old)
- Başak KöklükayaSaime
- Gökçe AkyıldızSaime - 5 years old
- Tamer KaradağlıMustafa
- Themis PanouOsman Bei
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Themes
grandparent grandchild relationshipspicegreekteenage crush