Three programs, a novel, a news study book. everything the editorial staff recommends to see and read this week.
Isabelle Huppert’s Royal Soliloquy
You must have seen Isabelle Huppert directed by Robert Wilson once in your life. The fabulous was there Orlandoinspired by Virginia Woolf, then Quartet, by Heiner Müller. Their third collaboration, Mary said what she said By Daryl Pinckney (2019), at Espace Cardin, Reborn. In her period dress, the actress gives a hieratic interpretation of the last hours of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, recalling the wonderful moments of her life. Ingenious monologue in a delicate staging. Royal, of course! CL:
“Mary said what she said»from 13 April 14 can, at the Espace Cardin in Paris.
Psychiatry on stage
Actress Alexandra Gentile in a performance Clinic. Simon Gosselin
After a Pelleas And MelisandeBy Maeterlinck, much noticed at Ateliers Berthier, Julie Duclos paid tribute to Lars Noren, who died in 2021. Clinic, premiered at the Odéon the following year. Les Gémeaux Theater is reviving the play, which tells the story of the daily life of a mental hospital. Everything is amazingly accurate, the common room with its TV, its sofa, its hinged doors, the bottomless boredom that reigns there, the absolutely remarkable acting of the actors, even the humor of some situations. This prison world, yet so close to us, reflects the mirror of our society. CL:
“Clinic»from 12:00 to 15:00 from April to At the Theater Les Gémeaux, Seaux
Embodied Memories of Jacques de Bascher
Gabriel Mark in the room Jacques de Bascher. Fabien Rappino
Jacques de Bascher, the prince of Parisian nights in the palace years, the (platonic) lover of Karl Lagerfeld, the (sulfurous) lover of Yves Saint Laurent is alone at home; the lights are out, he is alone and sick in his apartment completely. vintage vintage. On the tape, he records his last long message to Carl. Return to past years. Gabriel Marc (actor and author) is the sensitive, insightful, funny and spicy Jacques de Bascher. He revives this graceful dandy with grace and the power of eternal return. BB:
“Jacques de Bascher»until 30 from June to Contrescarpe Theater in Paris.
Confessions of Frederic Beigbeder
Too many men are shaving walls from MeToo for a man’s confessions to be welcome. Beigbeder is released in large latitudes, and we are grateful to him. He attacks the sectarian delusions that have earned his home in the Basque Country labeled with insults to make him pay for some of his positions: prostitution, pornography… With two young children under his roof, these attacks have deeply caused. destabilized him, and we understand that. He feels the need to explain himself with his usual sense of formula, his self-mockery that is an inverted narcissism, but always with a disturbing sincerity and presumption of his own contradictions that constitute him. Yes, men are beasts, and what’s more, they suffer from it just as much as women. Yes, love is terribly dangerous, and passion without control does not exist. If the new Puritanism attacks freedom of desire and speech, we will be bored…
Beigbeder would like feminists not to confuse everything, and he would like to convince them that he is not their enemy, he is the pointed alpha male. That’s the price of success, he knows it well, but still! What’s more, he talks with emotion and humor about his (past) weed addiction, cloister and stint in the 21st Marine Regiment, no female phalansteries, and a lot of structure to find his solace. Beigbeder reconsiders himself and does not spare himself. There is an irresistible energy and desire to share in his delivery. He fights against political correctness and dogmatism, because he feels useful there. Thanks to him for reminding us that men and women of goodwill are on the same page. IPs
“Confessions of a slightly repressed heterosexual» By Frederic Beigbeder, Editions Albin Michel. 166 p. €19.90
A thrilling dive into tragic news
New book from the authorDead end Verlaine and: Finger: (Grand Prix de l’Héroïne-Madame Figaro 2021) is dedicated to the terrible news. After reporting five-year-old Fiona missing on May 12, 2013, her mother, Cecile, eventually admitted that the little girl had been beaten. to death and that he and his companion buried the body somewhere near a local lake. It would be the beginning of a legal series that ends with the conviction of the duo nine years later, without the child’s body ever being found…
While following the tradition of writers such as Marguerite Duras, Emmanuel Carr, Truman Capote… to reveal the process, the attitudes of judges, lawyers and journalists, as well as the lives of the accused, drug addicts and previously beaten children. With a pen that is both insightful and sensitive, ironic and gentle, she describes the spiral of violence and misery into which so many families descend, generation after generation. Clermontois, like Fiona and her family, holds up a mirror to her own childhood as an abused and repeatedly misplaced girl. With the difference that he managed to survive and break the cycle, saved by words and love of literature, saved also by love, especially for his sister, when other grown children mistake it for beatings. The police investigation turns into an intimate introspection here, and that’s one of the great successes of this text, so heartbreaking yet so alive that the survivals resonate in this way, finally offering Fiona a tomb. MTH:
“Finding Fiona» by Dalie Farah, Editions Grasset. 288 p. 20.90 euros
Source: Le Figaro
