Affaires Familiales

Using documentary archives as raw material for her theatre, Émilie Rousset examines the judicial system as a space for the transformation of speech. Based on encounters with female lawyers and litigants across Europe, Affaires Familiales revisits intimate stories that intersect with the law. Reenacted by seven European actors, the voices and bodies of these stories are bought to the stage – with every case prompting questions of our entire society. A lawyer who specialises in child abduction, an expert in LGBT family law, an Italian father of a child born through surrogacy, a police officer from the Mossos d’Esquadra, silenced testimonies of incest, victories before the European Court of Human Rights... These cases reveal a justice system challenged by the tensions and transformations of our societies.

من خلال لقاء مع محامين ومتقاضين في جميع أنحاء أوروبا، يعرض Affaires Familiales قصصاً حميمية تتقاطع مع القانون، ويستكشف العدالة كمساحة لتحويل الخطاب. 

With Saadia Bentaïeb, Antonia Buresi, Teresa Coutinho, Ruggero Franceschini, Emmanuelle Lafon, Núria Lloansi, Manuel Vallade

Conceived, directed and written by Émilie Rousset
Scenography creation Nadia Lauro 
Music Carla Pallone 
Writing collaboration Sarah Maeght 
Lighting Manon Lauriol 
Cinematographers Joséphine Drouin Viallard et Alexandra de Saint Blanquat 
Additional cinematography in Italy Tommy / Additional cinematography in Spain Maud Sophie 
Editing Carole Borne, avec le renfort de Gabrielle Stemmer
Stage-director assistant Elina Martinez
Sound and video Romain Vuillet 
General and stage management Jérémie Sananes

The text was written based on interviews with Fabíola Cardoso, Davide Chiappa, Anne Lassalle, Caroline Mécary, Lilia Mhissen, Isabel Moreira, Pauline Rongier, Hansu Yalaz, Marco Zaba, Neus Aragonès, Alice Bouissou, Véronique Chauveau, Michele Giarratano, Agnès Guimet, Montse Martí, Diodio Metro, Joana Mortaga, Luca Paladini, Morghân Peltier, Jennifer Tervil, Agathe Wehbé, the teams from Parloir Père-Enfants ARS95, the organisations Adepape95-Repairs!95, Protéger l’enfant, the Oficina de comunicació of Policia de la Generalitat – Mossos d’Esquadra.

Production Centre dramatique national Orléans Centre-Val de Loire, initiée par la Compagnie John Corporation (conventionnée par la Drac Île-de-France et par la Région Île-de-France) 
Co-production Points communs Nouvelle Scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise, Le Festival d'Avignon, Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand Scène nationale, Agora-Desnos Scène nationale de l’Essonne, Théâtre de la Bastille (Paris), Festival d’Avignon, La Chartreuse-CNES de Villeneuve lez Avignon dans le cadre des Rencontre(s) d’été 
With the support Compagnie John Corporation (conventionnée par la Drac Île-de-France et par la Région Île-de-France) 
With the assistance Les Indépendances (Colin Pitrat and Hélène Moulin-Rouxel)