The unprecedented rise of urban dwellers living on their own challenges normative ideas about home and raises questions about how this change in social structure and lifestyle affects cities as a whole. While the causes of living alone seem apparent—shifting social values, the flexibilization of labour, new demographics, increased wealth, and changes to normative gender roles—the effects on society and its spatial configurations remain uncertain. Through a series of interconnected vignettes, the documentary film When We Live Alone interrogates this new urban condition, offering glimpses into the lives of individuals inhabiting singleton homes and the extended domestic sphere. Urban dwellers living on their own, architect Takahashi Ippei, and sociologist Yoshikazu Nango navigate the audience through a series of sole spaces in Tokyo.

When We Live Alone premieres in Montréal at the CCA’s Théâtre Paul-Desmarais on Thursday, 31 March.

6:30pm film screening with French subtitles
6:30pm exhibition tour of A Section of Now in English
7:10pm film screening with English subtitles
7:10pm exhibition tour of A Section of Now in French
7:45pm Q&A with director Daniel Schwartz

To attend this event, please register here.

Masks and vaccine passports (for visitors 13+) are mandatory.