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« Un ciel épicé » est l’histoire de Fanis, un jeune garçon grec ayant grandi à Istanbul et dont le grand-père a développé sa propre pratique de la philosophie culinaire, vénérée et appliquée par les Turcs même. Il lui a aussi appris que la nourriture et la vie ont besoin tous deux pour leur donner du goût d’un peu d’épice. Fanis deviens un excellent cuisinier et utilise son savoir-faire pour pimenter la vie de ceux qui l’entourent. Exilé depuis 35 ans à Athènes, Fanis doit retourner à Istanbul. Redécouvrant les racines de son héritage, il se remémore comment cuisiner les épices grâce aux leçons que donnait son grand-père chez le marchand de saveurs du quartier. Fani est inévitablement catapulté dans un voyage inattendu à Istanbul, un voyage dans le temps et dans l'espace.

Retrouvez la famille Portokalos alors qu’ils se rendent à une réunion de famille en Grèce. Au programme, un voyage chaleureux et hilarant, plein d’amour et de rebondissements.

Chariton Ulianov has one great love: Life! That particular love affair however does not hamper him in his pursuit of enjoyment of her simpler pleasures. For him every woman is beautiful, every wine is superior when shared with good company and every situation an opportunity for good humor. His position as School Master in a small provincial town on the island of Corfu gives him the opportunity to disseminate his own unique philosophy especially to the students that participate in his greatest passion: the choir.

Loxandra is a Greek mother and wife living the ordinary life of a well to-do Greek family in Constantinoupolis of the late 1800s-early 1900s, a world gone forever. Historical events intrude in the background -revolutions, palace coups, massacres, and the great upheavals of WW1 in which Greeks saw their wildest hopes fulfilled, then dashed: for a brief time Constantinoupolis itself was regained, then lost along with all Asia Minor. Through troubles great and small, Loxandra's simple optimism, belief in her Virgin Mary, and love of life carries her family past every difficulty - be it a sumptuous dinner for Easter or secretly giving away her savings to help persecuted Armenians. A representation of a time and place where all neighbors were friends, where they could cook in each other's kitchens or take shelter in each other's cellars.