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THE IDEAL PALACE
Le palais idéal
Synopsis
In south-east France lies one of the strangest buildings in all of Europe. This palace – named ‘The Ideal Palace’ – was built between 1879 and 1912 by one man: postman Ferdinand Cheval. This short documentary is a study of his life’s work accompanied by rambunctious fifties jazz.
Synopsis
In south-east France lies one of the strangest buildings in all of Europe. This palace – named ‘The Ideal Palace’ – was built between 1879 and 1912 by one man: postman Ferdinand Cheval. This short documentary is a study of his life’s work accompanied by rambunctious fifties jazz.