"All time #1 greek box office hit!".

George Corraface, Ieroklis Michailidis, Renia Louizidou.

Director de fotografía, Takis Zervoulakos ; editor, Yiorgos Mavropsaridis ; música, Evanthia Reboutsika esrita y diregida por Tassos Boulmetis.

Compelling from the get-go, the first shot is of a mother dabbing sugar onto her breast to lure a nursing infant. The baby, Fanis Iakovides, grows into an astrophysicist and closet chef (played as an adult by George Corraface). His upbringing is rich with culinary imagery, stemming back to a childhood spent in the Constantinople spice shop of his Grandpa Vassilis (Tassos Bandis). There, a young Fanis (Markos Osse) witnesses Grandpa giving customers unorthodox tips, like to use cinnamon instead of cumin in their meatballs. 'Cinnamon makes people look each other in the eyes,' he says. Grandpa's wisdom is venerable, and he teaches Fanis how everything in existence (from the galaxies to etymology) traces back to simple spices. Pepper, he says, is akin to the sun that warms and burns. And "both food and life require salt to be tastier." Even the word "astronomer," Grandpa says, is concealed in the term "gastronomer." The bond between Fanis and Grandpa is taut, but it is later torn when riots erupt in Cyprus and the Turkish government orders all Greek citizens deported. The family is divided, as Fanis and parents unwillingly relocate to Athens. In Greece, a maladjusted Fanis discovers his only outlet is cooking, which he does precociously. But his parents worry about his stereotypically un-masculine hobby and lock him out of the kitchen. This suppression leads Fanis on a more pragmatic, scientific track, and consequently, his world begins to lose flavor. Not until adulthood, while Fanis is working as a professor, does his soul come full circle. It is then that a series of events, from an estranged romance to a death, finally steer him back to his calling.

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