A Trial

For their first collaboration, Christiane Jatahy and Wagner Moura imagine a sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. Un procès - après l’ennemi du peuple (A Trial) is a conversation with the 150-year-old play, addressing today’s most urgent issues—the looming ecological disaster, the relationship between science and politics, between power and truth in the age of fake news. When doctor Thomas Stockmann discovers that the waters of his spa town are contaminated, he tries to warn the authorities and alert the population, only to be publicly discredited and censured, accused of endangering the local economy. His trial becomes an opportunity for him to defend himself and seek justice. Blending video, testimonies, and documentary writing, Un Procès places the audience in the position of jury, reaffirming theatre as a living space for debate and democracy. 

한 공동체의 경제적 이해관계가 공공의 이익과 충돌할 때, 과연 누가 목소리를 낼 수 있을까? 공연 '재판 - 민중의 적 그 이후 (Un procès – après l’ennemi du peuple)' 에서 그 결정은 관객에게 맡겨진다. 

Interview with Christiane Jatahy

With Julia Bernat, Danilo Grangheia, Wagner Moura
In the film Jonas Bloch, Marjorie Estiano, Salvador Moura
Online participation Tatiana Henrique
Children in the film Antônio Falcão, José Moura, Henry Soares Paes Leme
Guest performers (various performances) Viviane Papillon, Matthieu Sampeur
A project by Christiane Jatahy, Wagner Moura
Concept and direction Christiane Jatahy
Text Christiane Jatahy, Wagner Moura, Lucas Paraizo
Set design, lighting and artistic collaboration Thomas Walgrave
Video Julio Parente
Costumes Marina Franco
Director of photography and camera Paulo Camacho
Sound design and mixing Pedro Vituri
Production and touring coordination Henrique Mariano
Administration Lison Bellanger, Charlotte Pesle Beal (EPOC productions)
French subtitle translation Claudia Petagna and Thomas Walgrave
English subtitle translation Thomas Walgrave

Production Axis Productions
Coproduction Edinburgh International Festival (Scotland), Festival d’Avignon (France), Holland Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal), DeSingel (Antwerp, Belgium)
With the support of UCLA Center for the Art of Performance (Los Angeles, USA), Instituto Guimarães Rosa – IGR – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brasília, Brazil)
Vertice Company – Axis Productions is supported by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Île-de-France and the French Ministry of Culture, and for the 80th Festival d'Avignon : CAMOES (Paris)

A special collaboration between the Holland Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival d'Avignon, the three European festivals founded in 1947