The world is 5°C warmer and in France, Paul, the CEO of a major petrochemical group, has taken refuge with his daughter Ami in the luxury bunker he had built for himself. From his lair, he continues to run his business remotely with the help of his neural implants. Everything would be going perfectly for him if Ami hadn’t, for the past few days, withdrawn into a deep silence…
What happens to language in a world fascinated by technology and performance? And what becomes of the relationship between a father and his daughter when words constantly distort and disguise reality? In this paranoid and claustrophobic speculative drama, written with filmmaker Matthieu Bareyre, Marion Siéfert seeks what lies at the very source of poetry: the meeting of speech and silence.
Distribution
With Janice Bieleu, Monica Budde, Lorenzo Lefebvre, Charles-Henri Wolff
Text Matthieu Bareyre, Marion Siéfert
Directed by Marion Siéfert
Dramaturgy Matthieu Bareyre
Graphic design and production Nadia Lauro
Sound Patrick Jammes
Lighting Manon Lauriol
Costume Chloé Courcelle
Director assistant Noa Landon
Stage management Chloé Bouju
Set and props department Charlotte Arnaud
Fencing master Didier Beddar
Game coaching Janicie Bieleu, Ariane Schrack
Co-production of set elements Marie Maresca et Charlotte Wallet (Animaux et objets), Comédie de Genève (Menuiserie et équipements lumineux)
Administration, production, diffusion Anne Pollock
Communication Justine Cazin...
Production
Production Ziferte Productions
Coproduction Comédie de Genève, T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers CDN, Points Communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, Les Célestins Théâtre de Lyon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Festival d’Avignon, Bonlieu Scène nationale Annecy, Châteauvallon Liberté Scène nationale (Toulon), Théâtre Garonne Scène européenne de Toulouse, Le Parvis Scène nationale Tarbes – Pyrénées, Scène nationale d’Albi-Tarn, TSQY Scène nationale (Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
Support Fondation d’entreprise Hermès et pour le 80e Festival d’Avignon : Institut français du Royaume-Uni / Cross-Channel Theatre
Residencies T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers CDN, Points Communs Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise / Val d'Oise, Comédie de Genève, Châteauvallon liberté Scène nationale (Toulon), Houdremont Centre culturel de la Courneuve
To create Bunker, Marion Siéfert and Matthieu Bareyre were awarded an artist-in-residence programme in two departments of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, as part of the culture-health programme run by the Festival d’Automne in Paris in partnership with Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris. Ziferte Productions is a company supported by the DRAC Ile-de-France.
Marion Siéfert is an artist affiliated with the T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers (CDN) and Points Communs, the New National Theatre of Cergy-Pontoise / Val d'Oise.
Aknowledge to AKEM (Association de Kyudo de Montreuil) et à Kin No Shima (Association de Kyudo de Toulon). À la Pr. Carine Karachi et à tou.te.s les patient.e.s qui ont accepté notre présence. À Dr. Bertrand Mathon, Christophe d’Alessandro, Michiko Iwata, Thomas Laurent, Dr. Florence Laigle, Viviane du Boullay, David Maresca et sa famille, Julien Migozzi, Martine Bareyre, Julie Bareyre, Christine et Jean-Marie Siéfert.
