With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier completed his life's work 70 years ago. Chandigarh is a controversial synthesis of the arts, a bold utopia of modernity. The film accompanies four cultural workers who live in the planned city and reflects on Le Corbusier's legacy, utopian urban ideas and the cultural differences between East and West in an atmospherically dense narrative.
Cinematography
Gorgeous brutalist worship—concrete never looked this poetic.
Direction
Patient, observational style that lets contradictions breathe.
Production
Rare access to private homes inside a UNESCO architectural landmark.
Director
Thomas Karrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chandigarh was originally commissioned for 500,000 people; it now holds 1.2 million. Le Corbusier's 'modular man' didn't account for Indian family structures or monsoon drainage.
The directors spent three years getting access to private residences—most Chandigarh residents had never seen inside their neighbors' Corbusier-designed homes.
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