A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely allowed himself to be captured on film.
Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the most famous Swedish architects, considered a master of the profession internationally. His unique solutions were decades ahead of their time.
Lewerentz did not want to be filmed or interviewed. His person, like his buildings, is surrounded by a mysterious aura.
But in a root cellar in Lund, there is an unknown treasure. Film reels and audio tapes recorded by the
architect Bernt Nyberg with Lewerentz during his last years are stored here. From the cellar, a cultural-historical journey begins, where the stylistic traces of Lewerentz within Nordic architecture become palpable.
Classicism and modernism converge in a poetic brutality that awakens our deepest and most archaic cultural memories.
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Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 2/4 2024
Archiposition, Shenzhen, China, 31/3 2024
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Budapest Architecture Film Festival, Hungary, 9/4 2024,
Premiere at Tempo Festival, Sweden, 7/4 2024
Cinema release in Sweden with Folkets Bio. Date: TBA
Director Sven Blume
Producer William Johansson, Laika Film & Television
In co production with SVT (swedish broad cast) K-special, YLE and Film Stockholm.
With suport from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Helgo Zettervalls fond (Statens fastighetsverk), Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland.
Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the best known Swedish architects around the world. In the film we discover 16 mm footage of him as well as audio recordings of his voice. This is the film about Sigurd Lewerentz
Photo Catherine Cheng
