Alone in the middle of the stage, seated behind a long trestle table covered with a sheet, an actor, Jean-Pierre Bodin, mumbles happily with a glass of wine in his hand. He evokes with humour and tenderness the daily life of a provincial town, Chauvigny, whose social and sentimental geography he describes in detail, centred … Continued
Karim and Mekki had no idea when they entered this unique mobile theatre that, a few months later, they would be hard at work there and that this experience would have an impact on their individual destinies.Fixed-term work, the inflexible countdown sends them back to the horizon of a difficult life begun in Dreux.What will … Continued
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 … Continued