Version : French
Duration : 32'
Format : 16 mm. - Béta Digit. - Mpeg4
Black & white
Producer : ARMOR Films
Country
France
With
Commentaire improvisé par Monique GERARD, Guy LORIQUET, André ROUSSIN
Picture
Guy LORIQUET
Stage set
Theatre tour in Africa and Indochina
With the participation of
Le Théâtre de l'Union Française
Archive footage
- An open-air performance of L'Avare for African schoolchildren, interrupted by rain,
- Scenes from towns and villages in Africa,
- Street pagoda in Hanoi,
- Rich traditional Vietnamese funeral,
- Chinese junk boats on the Arroyo near Haïphong,
- Scenes of life on the "floating city" of sampans on the Arroyo.
- Various posters announcing the theatrical performances, including inscriptions on a tanker,
- Installation and theatrical performance on the aircraft carrier Arromanche in Saigon.
The film was made during a 65,000 km tour of Black Africa and the Far East. The Théâtre de l’Union Française troupe, directed by André Roussin, organised performances on improvised theatrical stages. It performed plays by Molière, Racine, Cocteau, Roussin, Achard, Mauriac and Giraudoux. Travelling by plane, lorry, train and boat, the troupe had to set up and dismantle the sets in addition to the performance, whatever the circumstances. In this film, Guy Loriquet offers a travel diary of this travelling troupe, with improvised commentary by André Roussin, Monique Gérard and himself.
