E.1027 - Eileen Gray und das Haus am Meer

She built a house for herself. Unfortunately, it became a masterpiece. The Irish designer Eileen Gray built a retreat on the Côte d'Azur in 1929. Her first house is a discreet, avant-garde masterpiece. She called it E.1027, a cryptic combination of her initials and those of Jean Badovici, with whom she built it. When Le Corbusier discovered the house, he was fascinated and obsessed. “E.1027” is a cinematic journey into the mind of avant-garde design icon and architect Eileen Gray. The film reconstructs her dramatic story and that of her breathtakingly beautiful house. It also tells of the power of female expression and the desire of men to control it.