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

E.1027 – Eileen Gray et la maison en bord de mer

Switzerland, March 2024
FILM, Fiction, Documentary, 90 min.

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directed by
Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
Written by
Beatrice Minger
Status
In distribution
Diversity Arts Architecture

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.

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World Premiere
March 2024
Original Version
English,  colour, DCP, 90 min.
Production
Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH, soap factory GmbH, SRG SSR, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Producer
Philip Delaquis, Frank Matter
directed by
Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
Written by
Beatrice Minger
Cinemato­graphy
Ramòn Giger
Editing
Gion-Reto Killias
Sound Design
Daniel Hobi Billeter
Music
Peter Scherer

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Rise and Shine World Sales UG

Worldwide Distribution

France
Dean Medias Distribution Distribution
Release date: 13.11.2024
Germany
Rise and Shine World Sales UG Distribution
Release date: 24.10.2024
Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: 28.11.2024

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