E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea review — dire docudrama about the Irish architect
But here we are, with a biographical docudrama about the Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray, played by Natalie Radmall-Quirke in a thankless role that cruelly commits her to a purgatory of not quite acting yet not quite modelling either. As we learn about Gray's wealthy life, her education at the turn of the 20th century and her passion for art
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