The Hawker

In a house by the side of the road that also operates as a taverna for passersby, a couple leads a dull and uneventful life. One day, a hawker talks the woman into buying colored tablecloths for her taverna on credit. From that moment on, the tablecloths dominate her life as a means of escape from mundane reality. Until one night, unable to do anything about it, she watches them being destroyed in the frenzied revelry of a wedding reception. But nothing in her life is the same any more. Even with ruined tablecloths, she is determined that this “journey” is not over...

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Script: Panayotis Fafoutis

Cinematography: Yorgos Papandrikopoulos

Editing: Panos Voutsaras

Sound: Yorgos Vassiliou

Music: DNA

Actors: Maria Skoula, Gerassimos Gennatas, Akylas Karazissis

Production: Greek Film Centre, Ιdeefixe productions

Costumes: Vassilios Barbarigos

Sets: Pinelopi Valti

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2001

Duration: 13

Panayotis Fafoutis

He was born in Patras and studied Law and Film Direction in Athens where he lives and works. In 1999, while still a student, he made his first short film, Life Is Short, which screened at the Short Film Festival in Drama where it received a Special Mention by the Jury and a Hellenic National Award. His second short film, The Hawker, screened at numerous international festivals in Greece and abroad and won important distinctions and awards. Next came After 11 p.m. and Red Sky in 2002 and 2003 respectively. After 11 p.m. won a Hellenic National Award and Red Sky won the 2nd Prize for Best Fiction Film and the Award for Best Editing at the Short Film Festival in Drama, the ΜΕDIA Award at the Tirana IFF and a Hellenic National Award. His fifth short film, Lulu’s Snails, was produced in 2005.