Olive Oil, a Little Water, a Peeled tomato...

Cooking is more than the art of making a tasty dish; it is giving one’s time for others, passing on traditions, nourishing and bringing people together. Aleia from Egypt, Begonia from Spain, Maria, Valli and toula from Greece, and Suad and Samia from tunisia have been invited for the day to a Greek island to prepare their national specialties. Off they go with their pots and pans, children and husbands in tow. Beyond the preparations, the relationships they create with each other are the very image of Mediterranean cooking: an affair among cousins, where some love and others ignore each other. Just like a recipe, the meal is a mixing of all of those ingredients.

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Script: Angelos Abazoglou

Cinematography: Stamatis Yannoulis

Editing: Fani Ziozia,

Sound: Kostas Poulantzas, Yannis Haralambidis

Production: Cyclope Productions, Greece

Producers: Olga Abazoglou

Co-production: ARTE GEIE (France), ΕΡτ AE/ERT SA hellenic Broadcasting Corp.

Format: Beta SP Color

Production Country: Greece-France

Production Year: 1997

Duration: 27

Contact: Cyclope Productions, Ελλάδα/Greece Όλγα Αμπάζογλου/olga Abazoglou t. +30 210 7258 127 f. +30 210 7249 871 cyclope@acci.gr cyclope@on.gr

Prize - International Festival of mediterranean
Documentary Film and Reportage (Primed) 1997, Marseille, France

Angelos Abazoglou

An actor and filmdirector, angelos abazoglou studied theater and filmDirection at the Institut national Superieur des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels, Belgium. He honed his acting skills at the Theatre de l’Acte de Toulouse-Grenier in toulouse, France. He has directed theatrical plays, documentary films and TV commercials.

Filmography

Selected
1996 Tomorrow Things Will Be Better
1998 Olive Oil, Water and Tomato (short)
2002 Art Cinema
2003 The Icon
2005 Zaharoff, Agent of Death
2007 Murder at the Agora
2009 Welcome in Greece, Mr. Marshall
2011 Mustafa’s Sweet Dreams