This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a slight change of program. They are all sitting in front of their TV sets and in twelve minutes the face of the new President of the Republic will appear on the screens..
Production
Le Corbusier's concrete labyrinth as silent antagonist.
Direction
Grange's patient surveillance of architectural oppression.
Acting
Kristin Scott Thomas trapped in glass and bad feng shui.
Director
Pierre Grange
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Firminy, France's most complete surviving Le Corbusier complex — the building is essentially a co-star.
Benoît Régent died suddenly months after filming; the film's eerie stillness gained accidental memorial weight.
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