Interview – With his freedom and strength, the actress embodies the first “political prisoner” on stage.
Music, theater, cinema, Judith Kemla can do everything. In Traviara, you deserve a better future, We discovered him as a lyrical, wonderful singer. Here he is again at the Buffce Du Nord Theater in Paris Joan’s trial, According to Jeanne Datsi Carriage Protocol, 1431 Meeting with sensitive, trembling, vibrant actress.
Madame Figaro . – You find director Yves Bonen, with whom you have played The statement made to Mary. By Claudel …
Judith Kemla: The statement made to Mary is one of the most powerful things I do. There is a universal thing that fluctuates from the pagan to mystery, which goes from the depths of the earth to stars from hell to heaven. It’s a language that works deeply on your body, your soul. When I go on stage, it’s for texts that make me grow up. The theater is holy ground. And Yves Bonen is a director of the author’s service. He does not put himself between the text and the audience.
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Tell us about the origin of the project. You have offered to edit the trial protocols.
It took some time to achieve this text. Yves is open to mystery, he has this plane. It is a vector that allows the text to work on us, whether we are actor or spectators. It’s really about Jeanne’s words that sound. The actor should not numb them with his own personality. This language of the past is present with its simplicity.
When did you discover this text?
In 2018, I was invited to an Amsterdam Concertgebouw Concert to perform Zhanna D’Tork on the stake Near the chair with conductor Stefan Den. The bid of Honeger, Libreto, Cladel. On the cell, Jeanne sees all the episodes of its existence. On this occasion, I read the minutes of the trial. We have everything available to us. The operators noted the issues of judges and bishop, who tried to overthrow him. He is a political prisoner. He behaves together, he is unbelievable. His words are so simple, the more simple.
You talk about the freedom of his tone, his impudence, strength, humor …
She is so young. He was 19 years old during the trial. And before the age of 17-18, he fought in the age of 17-18. It took me years after me that I suggested that Ivi, to talk about the director of Bouffes Du Nord and I would tell myself. “It’s time.” Then we had to write music, libretto. Marion Berned brought the trial wonderfully, and Camille Rochao created a baptist for votes, tools and choirs.
Zhanna is incredibly free, in line with what she said. He is ready to die for his truth
Judith Kemla
Yves Bonen speaks about the oratoria. That is.
It is a music, cinema, theatrical offer with its lyrical wealth. Instruments and beck-vocalists, judges, projections, as ghosts will be present on stage. In the field of scenarography, Zhanna is in the center, and judges who tortured him on the outskirts. He is incredibly free, in line with what he said. And there is a lot of love and perseverance in what he said. He is ready to die for his truth.
Michelle, his Zhanna de projectil, writing “We always remember the French, that our homeland was born from a woman’s heart, her tenderness and tears, blood that she had given to us. Can you mention the poets inspired by him?
Rene-Row, the Mattsian poet-fighter. “I would fight with this young girl who was close to him, because his rebellious and mystical action was completely justified in his time.” There are many, believers or not, free thinkers, and even cases from Bertolt Brecht to Anatol France, Bernard Show to Mark, through Shiller, Joseph Delati or Charles Pege.
There is a passage that particularly concerns you.
It is at the beginning when he says: “I am not afraid of the people of war, for my way is straight.” He trusts his way. He was called manipulative, liar. Obviously, we did not believe him …
All the important projects I have initiated, the election I did, find the reaction to a posteriori
Judith Kemla
Does this have a resonance? ?
It reacts so much, but so much …
It is obvious that we are thinking about yourself, about domestic violence, which you have suffered about the book that you published in 2024. Our silence left us alone …
There is something that I am interesting. All the important projects I have initiated, the elections I have made are in A posteriori. When I decided to carry out Joan’s trial, I never imagined that I would have such an intensive experience of the justice system, everything I discovered it was immersed. And that includes crushing.
In the Metoo era, the words of this woman, who did not believe, reacted …
The woman’s words, who come to question the government, to give a new vision of the world, this is not enough to bear the authority and those who want to stay there. He needs to be silent. Make her look like a liar, crazy. This was the fate of women long ago. I repeat, he is really a political prisoner. This is resonated with many women’s intimate destiny who suffer from injustice. Zhanna, he struggles that there will be no longer these massacres, this domination, this control. He struggles to restore a state where justice and peace are possible. And it happens to 15e In the century.
Silent his mouth. Make her look like a liar. This has been the fate of women for a long time
Judith Kemla
Theater is a sacred area, you said.
Space where we vibrate. In the theater, together. It is unbelievable to believe in history together, unite our hearts, our souls, our minds, here and now, stop the next words. I measure it when I’m on stage. We are in motion together.
Joan’s trial, Director Yves Bonen from January 29 to February 16 at the Buffs Du Nord Theater in Paris. bouffesdunord.com
Source: Le Figaro
