E:1027 Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea
Wednesday July 30th, 7.30pm
Dirs:Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
Cast:Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Axel Moustache, Charles Morillon
Film info:90 mins. Switzerland. 2024. 12A (IFCO) / 15 (BBFC)English & French language with English subtitles
This docu-fiction explores the life and relationships of famed Irish artist and architect Eileen Gray. Using a mix of documentary footage and recreation, it focuses in particular on the history of her dream house on the Riviera-E.1027. Initially built for Gray and her lover Jean Badovici in the late 1920s, the house goes through dramatic changes over the years-including when Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier becomes fascinated with Gray’s creation. Obsessed with the building, Le Corbusier takes dramatic steps to claim E.1027 as his own.
Directors Beatrice Minger and Christoph Schaub thoughtfully reflect on Gray’s work and legacy-a life of incredible achievements, but also one where men sought to take credit for many of her accomplishments.
Reviews
“Elegant and well thought-out... A reflection on the difficulty of existing in a world dominated by a toxic masculinity.”-Giorgia Del Don, Cineuropa“
★★★★[Gray would] approve of a tribute such as this, what with its stark but elliptical manoeuvres, its grace of form and composition, and the way in which it seems at once modern but somehow lived in.”-Hilary White, Irish Independent