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Aalto: Architect of Emotions

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This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the center of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.
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Virpi Suutari

Director

Martti Suosalo

Alvar Aalto

Pirkko Hämäläinen

Aino Aalto

Harry Charrington

Professor of Architecture - University of Westminster

Peter Reed

Senior Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs - MOMA

Virpi Suutari

Writer
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Synopsis This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the center of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.
Director
Virpi Suutari
Producer
Virpi Suutari, Timo Vierimaa, Martti Suosalo
Screenwriter
Virpi Suutari, Virpi Suutari, Jussi Rautaniemi
Distributor
Film Movement
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 14, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 14, 2021
Runtime
1h 43m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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