Can architecture be poetry?
Original title
Il padiglione sull'acqua
Released
6/15/2023
Origin country
IT, NL, GB
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
Caucaso Società Cooperativa, Pop Homage
Budget
—
Revenue
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Runtime
1hr 17min
The Pavilion on the Water is a cinematic journey into the world of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa and his passion for Japanese culture. Japan, to him, was an inspirational universe but also the place where he eventually died in 1978, at the height of his career, while retracing the steps of wandering poet Matsuo Bashō. Through the words of his son, some of his collaborators and a Japanese philosopher, the documentary unfolds and quests after the sense of beauty. A nostalgic feeling permeates the whole film for that rare event which is the birth of an artist. Although he passed away, he left behind a work that, still to this day, delights and amuses.
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