E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

In 1929, when the iconic Irish artist Eileen Gray designed a house for herself on the Riviera, the result was a modernist triumph. This docufiction tells the story of E.1027, a house-cum-work of art, and how it became an obsession for Swiss-French star architect Le Corbusier. Gray's aesthetics not only drive the narrative but also the look of the film. Overlooking the sun-sparkled infinity of the Mediterranean, this is a woman's desire to create a home where she is protected but free, a space that comes under threat of becoming a villa of violence and vandalism.

Directors Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
Year 2024
Writer Beatrice Minger
Cast Natalie Radmall-Quirke, Axel Moustache, Charles Morillon
Country Switzerland
Duration 1hr29m