A Radiant Life

A Radiant Life

17 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | May 31, 2013

1952, The Radiant City of Marseille receives its first occupants, eighty civil servants and compensated from war, coming from the four corners of France. Some are led by the promise of Le Corbusier’s ideals. Upon arrival, a couple experiments the location, facilities, and space allotted to them. They each respond to the new habitat. Its uniqueness, its details. The body questions the utopia. New Eden born under the reconstruction, the radiant city floats on the after-war as nothing happened. On board, settled cold, loneliness and sterility.

A Radiant Life

17 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | May 31, 2013

A Radiant Life
1952, The Radiant City of Marseille receives its first occupants, eighty civil servants and compensated from war, coming from the four corners of France. Some are led by the promise of Le Corbusier’s ideals. Upon arrival, a couple experiments the location, facilities, and space allotted to them. They each respond to the new habitat. Its uniqueness, its details. The body questions the utopia. New Eden born under the reconstruction, the radiant city floats on the after-war as nothing happened. On board, settled cold, loneliness and sterility.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
Original title Une Vie Radieuse
Directors Meryll Hardt
Writers Meryll Hardt

Cast

Meryll Hardt

as Wife

Patrick Blauwart

as Gilbert

Daniel Dobbels

as Doctor (voice)