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.”