Mйtamorphose d'une GareThierry Michel

'A woman nestling herself against a hill' was the image the renown Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava wanted to recall with his design of the new prestigious train station of Luik-Guillemins, a future European junction and already the pride of the Walloon provinces in Belgium. Thierry Michel (Congo River, Katanga Business) followed the megalomaniac project from the first stone to the solemn inauguration, nine years later. Constructing this palace of steel, concrete and glass is an enormous challenge that already at the beginning, with choosing the right concrete, is falling behind. From the gigantic construction site, which looks like a bomb crater, discussions concerning artistic choices, economic pragmatism and town planning begin to unfold before the filmmaker’s eyes. It seems that the architect's ambitious plans do not stroke with the social reality of industrial Luik.



Vertoond op editie(s) 2010
Screened at edition(s) 2010

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Directed by Thierry Michel
Belgiл
2010 80 min.
Frans
Subtitles: English

Programme

Belgian selection

credits
Director

Thierry Michel

Producer

Cйline Rauw

Production company

Les Films de la Passerelle SPRL

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