Put together in the manner of a thriller, “ Change the flower water », bestseller by Valérie Perrin, enjoyed dazzling success when it was released in 2018. Translated into 33 languages and sold nearly a million copies in France, it was naturally that it found its place on the boards.
The writer trusted Salomé Lelouch (daughter of Claude Lelouch) and Mikael Chirinian to take charge of the direction. Together, they preserved the magic of the story with its autumn scents and shimmering colors, while offering a refined, funny and moving version.
« Change the water of the flowers » tells the adventures of Violette Toussaint, a cemetery guard in a small town in Burgundy. His daily life is punctuated by his work and the secrets of passing people and regulars. She changes the water in the flowers, cleans the graves and the paths…One day, because a man discovers that his mother wants to be buried next to a stranger, everything changes. Links, which unite the living and the dead, are exhumed.
« Change the flower water » tells the intense story of a woman who, despite hardships, stubbornly believes in happiness.
-Violette Toussaint, magnificently played by Caroline Rochefort, is an ordinary heroine, sensitive, moving with truth and who we can only love.
Described as a feat! This adaptation offers a wonderful moment, it makes us laugh, moves us and invites reflection.
See you on Thursday January 23, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. at the Studio des Arts Vivants
