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Peppermint
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
Editing by Takis Yannopoulos
Release date(s) 1999 (1999)
Running time 105 minutes
Country Greece
Language Greek

Peppermint is a Greek film from 1999. It was directed by Costas Kapakas. This movie was chosen to represent Greece at the 73rd Academy Awards. It hoped to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.

About the Story of Peppermint

The film's story begins at a party where old school friends meet again. One of the friends, an airplane engineer, starts to remember his past. He thinks back to his childhood and his very special friendship with his cousin, Marina. As the movie follows their lives, it also shows what Greek society was like between the years 1955 and 1973. It's a journey through time, seen through the eyes of the main characters.

Meet the Peppermint Cast

Here are the main actors and the characters they play in Peppermint:

  • Georges Corraface plays Stefanos Karouzos
  • Any Loulou plays Alkistis Karouzou
  • Alexandros Mylonas plays Pavlos Karouzos
  • Nikoletta Vlavianou plays Ariadni
  • Tasos Palatzidis plays Michalakis
  • Giorgos Gerontidakis-Sempetadelis plays Stefanos Karouzos when he was 12 years old
  • Markella Pappa plays Marina when she was 12 years old
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