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2026
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Enric Miralles was an exceptionally talented Catalan architect. He died of a serious brain tumour in 2000, at the age of just 45 and at the peak of his career. Miralles was buried in the Igualada cemetery, which he had designed together with his first wife, the architect Carme Pinós
Italian and more specifically Milanese director Maria Mauti has directed the exceptionally fascinating film MIRALLES, which was completed in 2024. It allows us to move between life and death and get to know the life, family and most interesting works of this original and skilled architect. The colourful image and film material, both newer and found in the archives, would perhaps not hold together if the film did not rely on the introductory text of fiction by author Sara Mesa. The narrator is actor Pep Ambrós, who captivates the audience with his calm and beautiful voice.
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Italian and more specifically Milanese director Maria Mauti has directed the exceptionally fascinating film MIRALLES, which was completed in 2024. It allows us to move between life and death and get to know the life, family and most interesting works of this original and skilled architect. The colourful image and film material, both newer and found in the archives, would perhaps not hold together if the film did not rely on the introductory text of fiction by author Sara Mesa. The narrator is actor Pep Ambrós, who captivates the audience with his calm and beautiful voice.
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The Swiss director Jean-Stéphane Bron has made a captivating film. The focus of the story is the entire period of several years during which the world-famous Paramount's former but a bit dilapidated movie palace is transformed into the elegant headquarters and cinema and entertainment centre of the French film company Pathé. The chosen architect is the respected and world-famous Italian Renzo Piano and his Workshop.
A new inner courtyard is being hollowed out into the actual building. Its glass and steel materials must be skilfully integrated into the original building and its own material world. When it comes to Renzo Piano Workshop, even trees are also being inserted into the core of the building - a very demanding logistical measure, indeed.
The film is perfectly suited to be shown in the Bio Rex in the Lasipalatsi or Glass Palace in Helsinki. It was for decades the most modern cinema in our capital city of Finland. The cinema has managed to preserve its almost original appearance, which was considered extremely representative at the time of its completion (1936), and which no one has attempted to improve any further. Bio Rex was for a long time the theatre where the premieres of the most important films took place.
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A new inner courtyard is being hollowed out into the actual building. Its glass and steel materials must be skilfully integrated into the original building and its own material world. When it comes to Renzo Piano Workshop, even trees are also being inserted into the core of the building - a very demanding logistical measure, indeed.
The film is perfectly suited to be shown in the Bio Rex in the Lasipalatsi or Glass Palace in Helsinki. It was for decades the most modern cinema in our capital city of Finland. The cinema has managed to preserve its almost original appearance, which was considered extremely representative at the time of its completion (1936), and which no one has attempted to improve any further. Bio Rex was for a long time the theatre where the premieres of the most important films took place.
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The film Out of the Picture tells us about the invisible status of several women in the history of architecture. Some of them have even been exploited in one way or another, or their role as creative and skilled architects has been almost completely erased in one way or another.
This has happened, for example, with Eileen Gray, who is also known as an exceptionally skilled designer and architect. The famous and undoubtedly talented but also opportunistic Le Corbusier did not correct the matter at all when the villa called E.1027 on the French Riviera was considered to have been designed by “Corbu” himself. The matter was officially corrected only when the villa with its real authorship information was published in 1968 in the prestigious magazine called Domus. The author of the article was Joseph Rykwert.
The profession of architecture and the publicity of architecture have been dominated by men for many reasons. Yet there is another often hidden story. Director Smolar brings women back to the big screen and the bigger picture. The film's title is even explained in an interview with an important architect.
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This has happened, for example, with Eileen Gray, who is also known as an exceptionally skilled designer and architect. The famous and undoubtedly talented but also opportunistic Le Corbusier did not correct the matter at all when the villa called E.1027 on the French Riviera was considered to have been designed by “Corbu” himself. The matter was officially corrected only when the villa with its real authorship information was published in 1968 in the prestigious magazine called Domus. The author of the article was Joseph Rykwert.
The profession of architecture and the publicity of architecture have been dominated by men for many reasons. Yet there is another often hidden story. Director Smolar brings women back to the big screen and the bigger picture. The film's title is even explained in an interview with an important architect.
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