Des logis et des hommes


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  • Other title(s): Houses and men
  • Genre: Documentary film
  • Year: 1959
  • Runtime: 00:15:00
  • Description: The film evokes the demographic increase in France and the housing crisis to which the new constructions are struggling to respond, with real examples and fictional cases.
    The film begins with general shots of the city of Lyon, then while we see illustrations of school maternity wards and children, the commentary speaks of the demographic growth in France: "300,000 children for whom, in 20 years, offices, stores and factories will be needed". So every year a city the size of Lyon will have to be built to cope with the demographic growth. The film then addresses the problem of the housing crisis, which new construction is struggling to address. The voice continues: the lamentable state of the French real estate heritage testifies to an unacceptable present. In the continuation of this document the director stages discussions between co-owners to show the misdeeds of the current legislation and the aberrations of the system: subletting, repossession... Views of Lyon, Paris (district of Belleville, district of Montmartre) dilapidated districts, slums, view of markets. (Text machine-translated)
  • Keywords: (construction) site / town / habitation / slum / school / day / children / family / wealthy / proletariat / street / car / meeting / prewar architecture / under construction / public housing / living room / Paris / Lyon / France / VICTOR-E project
  • Provider: Ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme
  • Rights: In Copyright / Ministère de la Reconstruction et de l'Urbanisme
  • Production company: Les Films Roger Leenhardt
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Director: Jean Dewever
  • Sound: With sound
  • Language: fr