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E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House By the Sea
Director - Beatrice Minger Educational Interests - Architecture, Cultural Studies, Design, France, Media Studies, New Releases, Psychology, Women's Studies
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| In 1929, Irish designer Eileen Gray created E.1027 on the sun-soaked Côte d'Azur – a bold and hidden gem of avant-garde architecture. This striking house was meant to be a personal refuge. But when the legendary architect Le Corbusier stumbled upon it, fascination turned to obsession. He covered its walls with his murals, completely disregarding Gray's wishes and her vision. His defiant act ignited a battle for creative control, with Gray demanding restitution for the destruction of her work. He ignored her wishes and instead built his famous Cabanon house directly behind E.1027. E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House By the Sea is an unusual hybrid docu-fiction film that tells a story about the power of one woman's creative expression and a man's desire to control it.
A First Run Features / Architecture & Design Film Festival Release "A unique and uniquely satisfying experience...a bold movie because it takes a deep dive on characters and a house that may not widely known, at least for American audiences. There is nothing quite like it." - John Soltes, Hollywood Soapbox
"A story of passion, craft, and betrayal...aesthetically beautiful and a great summer watch." - Fiona Rae, Film Threat
"Shot on location at E.1027, this feature-documentary hybrid matches the sleekness of its setting – its serenity, its surface poetry, its fragments of grace." - Barlo Perry, ParisLA
"Eileen Gray was a creative genius and the first woman to conquer the world of architecture at a time when men controlled it all. This new film reflects on Gray's impressive career and her stunning modernist house on the Cote d'Azur." - Meredith Taylor, Finito World
"The directors put architecture in dialogue with cinema in order to bring to life the sensibility of a woman who was a visionary yet is too rarely celebrated. Elegant and well thought-out, the film uses the cinematic medium to enrich a discourse." - Giorgia Del Don, Cineuropa
"Based on the memoirs of Eileen Gray, this meticulously crafted docu-drama, where poetry slips into frames, angles and tones, almost feels like a hallucination." - Maroussia Dubreuil, Le Monde |
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