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

In 1929, the iconic Irish designer Eileen Grey builds a house in Roquebrune at the Côte d’Azur together with the journalist Jean Badovici and calls it E.1027 – a cryptic conntection of both initials. When the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier discovers the house, he is fascinated and obsessed by it. He later covers the walls with murals and publishes photos of them. This avant-garde essay film, shot from a feminist perspective, takes us through Gray's world of thought and makes architecture tangible with its fascinating, impressive images. A story about the power of female expression and the desire of men to control it.