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.
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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)