An Extraordinary Family Home - Romania
Planet Home: Ecological homes from around the globe
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Documentary, 15-Nov-2021
Welcome to Buzau, Romania. In this small village lost between forests and volcanoes, we set out to discover one of the only sustainable houses in the area.
Hélène, her husband and their three children are French but have been living in Romania for 10 years. The desire to leave Bucharest's madness and pollution as often as possible motivated them to build a second home, far from everything, two hours' drive away from the capital.
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