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E.1027 - EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA

by Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub

synopsis

A cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray. The Irish designer builds a refuge on the Côte d'Azur in 1929. Her first house is a discrete, avant-garde masterpiece. She names it E.1027, a cryptic marriage of her initials and those of Jean Badovici, with whom she built it. Le Corbusier, upon discovering the house, becomes intrigued, obsessed. He covers the walls with murals and publishes photos of them. Gray describes these paintings as vandalism and demands restitution. He ignores her wishes and instead builds his famous Cabanon directly behind E.1027, which dominates the narrative of the site to this day. A story about the power of female expression, and men’s desire to control it.

international title: E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
original title: E.1027 - Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
country: Switzerland
year: 2024
genre: fiction
directed by: Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
film run: 89'
screenplay: Beatrice Minger
cinematography by: Ramon Giger
film editing: Gion-Reto Killias
music: Peter Scherer
producer: Philip Delaquis, Frank Matter
production: Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, Soap Factory GmbH

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