The show begins with the story in Arabic (translated) of a terrifying sea crossing in a smuggler’s boat without a motor. Parents see their little boy’s feet gradually submerged in water and decide, if their child drowns, to throw themselves into the water to die with him. All three survive, but the woman keeps having nightmares about the scenario she and her husband had envisioned. And what difficulties and problems when they end up on a foreign land! The man who wants to ask for asylum (Brian Polach) understands absolutely nothing of the language of a German employee responsible for welcoming refugees. He oscillates between despair and anger and finds himself condemned to wandering. What follows is a series of questions asked by the narrator (Amandine Truffy): what help do the countries of Europe offer to these wretched people of the land and sea? What can the ordinary citizen do? Why are refugee aid associations not supported and often frowned upon? How would we experience exile if we were in the place of all these unfortunate people?
The Pardès Rimonim company based in Metz wanted to make us aware of the inhuman fate of these cohorts of unfortunate migrants who fled war, their country in ruins and poverty at the risk of their lives. These artists collected many similar testimonies that the director Bertrand Sinapi used. The show was born from this hybridization of reality and fiction, the deep sounds of the double bass and an electro-acoustic composition, the voice-overs and those of the stage. The twilight atmosphere and the play of shadows resonate with the dramatic situation of the exiles. The set built in full view adds a poetic note. We feel the international team very invested in this show.
At 11, 11, boulevard Raspail, from July 2 to 21 (closed on Mondays July 8 and 15) at 1:55 p.m. Prices: Reservations: 04 84 51 20 10 / [email protected]
Angela Luccioni
