2016 • 16' • French
Director(s): Jean-Christophe Chatton • Producer(s): Antipode • Coproducer(s): Faut pas rêver • Format(s): HD
Old wooden paneling, ageless tailor’s shears, cloth of brocaded gold neatly arranged in showcases… Going into Panos Théodoropoulos’ workshop is like entering a cocoon. You feel calm, protected, outside of time. His great-grandfather opened the shop, more than a century ago. It is the apple of Panos’ eye. He’s about forty and he is a tailor. His clients are the popes: orthodox priests from all over Greece. With his dozen seamstresses, he makes their albs, their chasubles and their shawls… uniquely made-to-measure. It’s a fine trade because the Greek church is not experiencing the crisis. And yet Panos is only one of two still practicing the art. His shop is in the heart of Monastiraki, the old quarter of Athens, with its small traditional restaurants and its flea market.
