My Architect: A Son's Journey

My Architect: A Son's Journey

2003 · 116 min · EN · 7.1 (25 votes)
Dir. Nathaniel Kahn · Starring Edmund Bacon, Edwina Pattison Daniels, Balkrishna Doshi, Frank Gehry, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn

A man. His buildings. His secret lives.

Documentary

World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.

VIBE

A deeply personal and somber journey exploring the ghost of a father. It's a quiet, reflective film that feels like sifting through old photographs, searching for answers that may never fully materialize.

melancholicintrospectivesomberyearningslow-burndocumentarypersonal essayobservationalfamilylegacyidentityloss
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