Houses of Poverty

Houses of Poverty

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  • 1936
  • 0 hr 28 min
  •  5  (3)
  •   Released

Henri Storck’s militant short on Depression-era Belgium, set in Walloon slums on the outskirts of a prosperous city. Staged vignettes expose substandard housing, overcrowding, and numbed survival through claustrophobic, frame-filling images; a coda on slum clearance and “garden city” rehousing offers guarded hope.

Houses of Poverty
Description
Henri Storck’s militant short on Depression-era Belgium, set in Walloon slums on the outskirts of a prosperous city. Staged vignettes expose substandard housing, overcrowding, and numbed survival through claustrophobic, frame-filling images; a coda on slum clearance and “garden city” rehousing offers guarded hope.
  • Release Date
    1936
  • Runtime
    0 hr 28 min
  • Language
    fr
  • Rating
    5  (3)