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.
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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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