2024 | Switzerland | Documentary

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

  • English - 90 mins
  • Director | Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
  • Writer | Beatrice Minger
  • Producer | Philip Delaquis, Frank Matter

STATUS: In Distribution

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A cinematic journey into the mind of Eileen Gray. The Irish designer built a refuge on the Côte d'Azur in 1929. Her first home is a discreet, avant-garde masterpiece. She calls it E.1027, a cryptic combination of her initials and those of Jean Badovici, with whom she built it. When Le Corbusier discovers the house, he is fascinated and obsessed. He covers the walls with murals and publishes photos of them. Gray describes these paintings as vandalism and demands their return. He ignores their wishes and instead builds his famous cabanon directly behind E.1027, which still dominates the narrative of the place today. A story about the power of female expression and men's desire to control it.

Eileen Gray Avant-Garde Design Jean Badovici Le Corbusier Murals Cabanon Female Expression
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