It's his first time. The first play for which she co-wrote, with Antoine Mory. Cristiana Reali, the most French of Brazilian actresses, took on this project of a play around Simone Veil. A politician who died eight years ago already, but who still remains one of the favorite personalities of the French, with regard to this law on abortion for which she fought step by step in 1975.
“She defends this law for the freedom of women, but also for a question of public healthsays Cristiana Reali. At that time, women hurt themselves and damaged themselves to have an abortion. It was totally hypocritical and unequal since there were those who could afford it or go abroad, and there were the others…“
A radio show for common thread
In this play which leaves no one indifferent, Pauline Susini directs Cristiana Reali and Noémie Develay-Ressiguier.
The pitch? Called to speak about Simone Veil on a radio show, a woman sets off in search of her student memories. Unless these are the memories of an entire generation, which grew up with the struggles of this Holocaust survivor.
As the radio show progresses, a conversation emerges between these two women, like a dialogue between two generations. How do you find the strength to devote your life to political struggles? How do we receive this inheritance?
A few months after finally winning the Molière for best actress for her performance in A Streetcar Named DesireCristiana Reali comes to Vedène to defend this show which also speaks to future generations.
Simone Veil – The struggles of a brazen woman. Wednesday January 8 at 8 p.m., at L'Autre Scène du Grand Avignon, in Vedène. Information and reservation on operagrandavignon.fr (price of seats: from €16 to €40).
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