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Eileen Gray had a truly eminent sense of design. The Irish artist and architect created some of the most iconic furniture of the 20th century, so when she focussed her unique artistic vision on developing a house for herself on the Riviera in 1929, the result was a modernist triumph. A house and a work of art in one, overlooking the sun-sparkled infinity of the Mediterranean. The house is named E.1027, a cryptic contraction of the names of Gray and her lover, Romanian architect Jean Badovici. But when the Swiss-French star architect Le Corbusier learns of the house, he becomes obsessed – perhaps because Gray breathes light, air and soul into her building, which is not just a machine to live in. ‘E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea’ reconstructs the dramatic story of Gray and the house that Le Corbusier amazingly managed to convince the world he had built himself.

A stunningly beautiful and cinematic docufiction where the inspiration from Gray is present in lines, colours and shapes – but where they serve the narrative of a brilliant female artist who spent a long life in the shadow of her male colleagues.

Info

English Title: E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Original Title: E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Directors: Beatrice Minger & Christoph Schaub
Producers: Philip Delaquis & Frank Matter
Year: 2024
Country: Switzerland
Languages: French & English
Subtitle: English
Runtime: 1hr 29m
Premiere Type: World Premiere

Screenings

March 24th, at 12:00, SMK

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