Constructing freestone buildings on the cheap, Pouillon made a name for himself at the end of the 1940s in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, shaking up his peers who only dreamed of towers and concrete bars. In Algiers, until Independence, he built in record time thousands of homes for the poorest, real urban projects inspired by traditional forms. In the Paris region, to build comfortable buildings quickly and well, nestled in the greenery, he becomes a promoter: this too adventurous bet leads him to prison and retains his reputation. Not very explicit about this complex affair, but seduced by a contemporary architecture that combines technical inventiveness and ancient references, Christian Meunier films by multiplying the angles of view. Today's lively atmospheres are interspersed with archive footage, while Pouillon's writings are read off. Moved, his collaborators evoke a demanding and generous man, with an infectious passion.
Fernand Pouillon
as Self (archive footage)
Jean-Jacques Deluz
as Architect
Rachid Fehri
as Self
Jean Lucien Bonillo
as Architect
Jean-Pierre Siame
as Architect
Jean-Marie Chevallier
as Self
Jean Chenivesse
as Self
Jacques Chanaud
as Self
François Chaslin
as Self
Jean-François Susini
as Self
Serge Poilvage
as Self
Antoine Perez
as Self
