We are introduced to two young girls living in Athens: The narrative focuses on the particularities of their souls, the rivalry between them, but also their common character trait: the obsession with illusions and stereotypes.
The Scent of Violets
Το άρωμα της βιολέτας
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- Direction: Maria Gavala
- Script: Maria Gavala
- Cinematography: Filippos Koutsaftis
- Editing: Despo Maroulakou
- Sound: Marinos Athanasopoulos
- Actors: Yota Festa, Maritina Passari, Nikos Kamtsis, Akis Davis, Yannis Chatzigiannis, Rosita Cohen
- Production: Greek Film Center
- Producers: Maria Gavala
- Sets: Amalia Michailidou
- Format: DCP
- Color: Colour
- Production Country: Greece
- Production Year: 1985
- Duration: 91΄
Maria Gavala
Maria Gavala was born in Koropi, Attica, in 1947. She studied history and archeology at the University of Athens, graduating in 1972. She has worked as a teacher, she directed cinema and television films, wrote film reviews, and translated texts on film theory and aesthetics, as well as literature. She was a member of the editorial board of the journal Synchronos Kinimatografos [Contemporary Cinema]. She has published extensively in film magazines, and in publications of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Greek Film Archive, among others. She has written ten prose works.
Filmography
1973 People and Places in Progress (doc)
1974 Attica Churches (doc)
1976 Crêpe de chine (short)
1977 From One End to the Other (short)
1979 Narrative / Adventure / Language / Silence
1982 On Love
1985 The Scent of Violets
1988 The Magic Glass
