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A Panorama of Greek Cinema at the Avalon Theatre Presents
The Embassy of Greece and the Greek Film Center
A PANORAMA OF GREEK CINEMA Wednesday, June 1, 2011 8:00 PM Peppermint WINNER of NINE Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards in 1999!!! A forty-five year old visits his dying mother. The memories, smells, and flavours of the innocent years of childhood and adolescence are awakened. The ’60s decade is revisited and retrospectively reappraised. There’s a feeling of nostalgia for relationships in the family, erotic, social, and political milieus; nostalgia for smells and flavours; nostalgia for another life that seems so distant but also so indelible. Peppermint is a ‘vintage’ liqueur. It’s a moving comedy about childhood memories filtered through the passage of time. Kostas Kapakas attempts to reconstruct that era, in a simple manner and on the strength of authentic experience, through the child’s perspective: an innocent perspective of good and evil, at a time when Greece strove to find its feet after the odyssey of wars. The child – the focal point – filters events and sets them at a distance, lending them the texture that only a child is capable of, that of innocence and playfulness. The adults around him seem like the protagonists of a lengthy theatrical play. With professional adeptness, a well-tuned pace, narrative density, aesthetic simplicity, and without excesses and loud emphases, Kapakas presents a nostalgic film by simply opening the door to a child’s soul. The well-wrought characters, honestly presented, and the delicate deliveries create a world that’s familiar and identifiable. The film is alternately humorous and moving in appropriate measures, which creates a bittersweet backdrop. 1999 • 106 min • Not Rated • In Greek Win Free Tickets DCGreeks.com is giving away 3 pairs of tickets to the Panorama of Greek Cinema's showing of Peppermint on June 1, 2011 at 8 PM at the Avalon Theatre. To enter, send an email to [email protected] with subject "Peppermint Ticket Giveaway" and include your name in the body of the email. We'll draw three winners at random from all emails received by Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 11:59 PM. Only one entry allowed per person. Winners will be notified via email on Monday, May 30th! More Info and to buy tickets on the web: http://www.theavalon.org/programs-events/panorama-of-greek-cinema Avalon Theatre
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