The Wel­ling­tonista sent along Glen Bar­ris, a mature and frankly very attract­ive, stu­dent of Archi­tec­ture along to the launch of the Resene Archi­tec­ture and Design Film Fest­iv­al.

He seemed to enjoy it:

“The Resene Archi­tec­ture and Design Film Fest­iv­al is on in Wel­ling­ton until 10 June.

On Thursday night I went to see ‘Bern­ardes’ – a doc­u­ment­ary about the Brazili­an mod­ern­ist archi­tect Ser­gio Bern­ardes, who at one time was nation­ally cel­eb­rated but is now largely unknown. Much lar­ger than life, Bern­ardes was a racing car driver and woman­iser but most of all an aston­ish­ingly pro­lif­ic and gif­ted archi­tect with a feel for people. He was the flawed geni­us who at the height of his suc­cess com­mit­ted everything he had to a grand plan for the future of Brazil and a bet­ter life for its people. At every set­back he refo­cused and pushed on until he died, bank­rupt and mar­gin­al­ised by every­one. The story behind this doc­u­ment­ary plays out as a real life tragedy. Incred­ible, inspir­ing and full of per­son­al­ity.

The Resene Archi­tec­ture and Design Film Fest­iv­al is all about inspir­a­tion and this was a great way to start.”