2024-01-21 22:55:00
You had to arrive on time, Thursday evening, to attend the Aveyron premiere of the documentary film by Jean-Marie Montangerand, dedicated to the life and work of Fernand Pouillon, the most sought-following architect in France, who rests , in the greatest discretion, since his death in 1986, in the Belcastel cemetery. The departmental amphitheater on Avenue Victor-Hugo was, in fact, sold out and it was even necessary to hastily add a few chairs.
Enough, obviously, to satisfy the young director and producer Amaury Lafarge, both present in the room alongside the vice-president of the Department, in charge of culture, Christine Presne, and the president of the Héritage association. Fernand Pouillon. Through this very good 52-minute film, which retraces, in broad terms, of course, the abundant and sometimes tormented life of the man who was one of the greatest builders of the 20th century, but also a writer and an editor, the public was able to discover or rediscover the architect’s multiple achievements, but also and above all the profound humanism of this man who wanted to build “quickly, beautifully and less expensively”, to offer the best comfort to the greatest number of modest people.
Suffice to say that this first documentary film necessarily calls for a sequel which the director and producer have already thought regarding and for which they will once once more be able to count on the financial assistance of the Department, as confirmed by Christine Presne. In the meantime, the documentary should be presented this summer in the open air, at the foot of the village of Belcastel and the castle restored by the architect, who chose to breathe his last there. One of the representatives of the association Les Pierres sauvage de Belcastel has, moreover, announced the upcoming release of a work dedicated to Pouillon, whose name and work deserve to be, obviously, more widely and closely associated with Aveyron, as Jean-Marie Montangerand did not fail to suggest.
The documentary can be viewed on the France Télévisions platform.
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