The architect Sigurd Lewerentz became famous for his distinctive designs, but throughout his life he avoided interviews and worked in isolation – his personality was shrouded in mystery. Lewerentz’s realizations have a similarly mysterious air, but the film at least lightly exposes and at the same time feeds into this mystery surrounding the artist and his works. His unique attention to detail and work with materials were ahead of their time and are still inspiring and relevant today.

The documentary draws primarily on previously undiscovered audio and video recordings made by his close collaborator and friend, Bernt Nyberg, at the end of Lewerentz’s life. Director Sven Blume takes a similarly personal approach to Lewerentz as he did to his grandfather in his previous poetic film Crooked Lines of Beauty.

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