Meeting with the boxer, actress and author Julie Duval, just before resuming her show “The Smell of War“, every Sunday in the great hall of La Scala in Paris.
After having triumphed at the Avignon festival and at La Scala Paris last season, this breathtaking show carries loudly the voice of a young woman of today.
Julie Duval is stunning. Much more than a story, his show is a journey through the merciless world of poorly expressed feelings, poorly understood revolts and so-called accidental physical attacks.
Jeanne prepares to enter the ring for her first boxing championship. In the locker room, between adrenaline and the smell of camphor, the scent of his childhood in the south comes back. The song of the cicadas clashes with the voices of his mother who only speaks to the dog, of his father who would have preferred to have a son, and of Francesco, his coach, for whom, in life, there is nothing that sweat and self-confidence pay off. Julie Duval is stunning. Much more than a story, his show is a journey through the merciless world of poorly expressed feelings, poorly understood revolts and so-called accidental physical attacks.
Everything here smells of war.
