Floréal

Overview

"Floréal" is the name of a garden city in a district of Brussels (Boitsfort). Hundreds of small houses with black and yellow woodwork, in streets named after flowers. This garden city was a first attempt to solve the problem of workers' housing after the First World War. A cooperative system ruined any hope of speculation since the land capital had to remain the property of the community. The director, who lived in Floréal until he was 18, filmed his "encounter" with this neighbourhood. A double portrait of its inhabitants and its architecture, sometimes reduced to abstract motifs, punctuated by the minimalist music composed by him.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1985

Original language

English

Countries

Belgium

Director

Thierry De Mey

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0271508