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.

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

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)