Aalto (2020): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2020, Aalto is a documentary film directed by Virpi Suutari, running about 103 minutes.

What it’s about. This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.

Who’s in it. Aalto stars Alvar Aalto as Himself (Archive footage), Aino Aalto as Herself (Archive footage), Elissa Aalto as Herself (Archive footage) and Martti Suosalo as Alvar Aalto (voice), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, Aalto has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Aalto page.

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