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Kenwin

Switzerland, August 1996
FILM, Documentary, 85 min.

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directed by
Véronique Goël
Written by
Véronique Goël
Status
In distribution

Located in La Tour-de-Peilz on the shores of lake Geneva, Villa Kenwin was built in 1930-1931 by Hermann Henselmann, a 25-year-old architect from Berlin (who will later become the chief architect for East-Berlin) for Kenneth Macpherson and Winifred Ellerman (Bryher). Part of a complex story, Villa Kenwin “monumentalises” a kind of modernist utopia: creation ex nihilo, extraneous to its surrounding which rejects it, the villa exemplifies the life of a social world which deploys itself as an international network of people who share common cultural affinities and live anti-conformist’s way of life. Bryher – the writer – and Macpherson – the filmmaker – lived and worked there several years with their american friend, the poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle-Aldington) and her daughter Perdita. Later on, each lived on its own and only Bryher will remain in Villa Kenwin till her death in 1983. In 1987, the villa was bought and entirely restored by its actual owner, the architect Giovanni Pezzoli. Through pictures of the villa as it stands today and archival material, the film provides a subjective approach to that story.

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World Premiere
August 1996
Original Version
English,  colour and b/w, 16mm, 85 min.
Production
Scherzo films
Producer
directed by
Véronique Goël
Written by
Véronique Goël
Cinemato­graphy
Axel Brandt
Editing
Véronique Goël
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Eidenbenz
Music
George Antheil
Location Sound Mix
Laurent Barbey

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