Film

Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte

10.0

0h 52m

2003

Synopsis

Constructing freestone buildings on the cheap, Pouillon made a name for himself at the end of the 1940s in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, shaking up his peers who only dreamed of towers and concrete bars. In Algiers, until Independence, he built in record time thousands of homes for the poorest, real urban projects inspired by traditional forms. In the Paris region, to build comfortable buildings quickly and well, nestled in the greenery, he becomes a promoter: this too adventurous bet leads him to prison and retains his reputation. Not very explicit about this complex affair, but seduced by a contemporary architecture that combines technical inventiveness and ancient references, Christian Meunier films by multiplying the angles of view. Today's lively atmospheres are interspersed with archive footage, while Pouillon's writings are read off. Moved, his collaborators evoke a demanding and generous man, with an infectious passion.

Director

Christian Meunier

Documentary

francearchitectureartalgeriamid centuryfernand pouillonsocial architecture

Cast & Crew

Fernand Pouillon

as Self (archive footage)

Jean-Jacques Deluz

as Architect

Rachid Fehri

as Self

Jean Lucien Bonillo

as Architect

Jean-Pierre Siame

as Architect

Jean-Marie Chevallier

as Self

Jean Chenivesse

as Self

Jacques Chanaud

as Self

François Chaslin

as Self

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