In a house on the edge of the forest, a seriously ill young woman welcomes her family to organise her final days. Wishing to die surrounded by her loved ones, she shows them the treatments they need to give her. But once the instructions have been given, nothing goes according to plan. As her wishes grow ever more confused and unknowable, all try, in their own way, to preserve her, until the moment everything changes. Written and directed by Tiphaine Raffier, this gripping, closed-door drama leads us into the heart of a family in crisis whose members try to stay in control as death draws near.
가족들은 그들 중 한 명의 마지막 날들을 함께하기 위해 한 자리에 모인다. 죽음의 임박함이 남겨진 이들 안에서 무엇을 이끌어내는지 집요하게 파고드는, 숨 막히는 밀실극.
Distribution
With Emma Bolcato, Teddy Chawa, Thomas Gonzalez, Paula Luna, Édith Mérieau, Catherine Mestoussis, Thierry Paret et Adrien Rouyard
Directed and written by Tiphaine Raffier
Dramaturgy Lucas Samain
Assistant director Mathilde Saillant
Scenography creation Hélène Jourdan
Lighting Kelig Le Bars
Video Vincent Pinckaers
Sound Hugo Hamman
Music Sylvain Jacques
Costume Caroline Tavernier assistée de Paloma Donnini
Costume assistant Paloma Donnini
Make-up and wigs Judith Scotto
Stage Manager Olivier Floury
Stage Technicians Nicolas Bignan, Pierre Frenkel
Video Technician Nicolas Morgan
Camera Operator Raphaël Oriol
Sound Technician Hugo Hamman
Lighting Technician Christophe Fougou
Make-up and Wigs management Emmanuelle Flisseau
Administration, Production and Distribution Juliette Chambaud, Charlotte Pesle Beal, Elisa Seigneur-Guerrini
Production
Production La femme coupée en deux
Co-production Le Quai CDN Angers Pays de la Loire, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Théâtre National Populaire de Villeurbanne, La Comédie de Saint-Étienne, Nouveau Théâtre Besançon CDN, La Comédie de Clermont-Ferrand, Théâtre National de Bretagne (Rennes), Théâtre du Nord CDN Lille-Tourcoing-Hauts de France, La Criée Théâtre National de Marseille, ThéâtredelaCité CDN Toulouse-Occitanie, Festival d’Avignon, Le Parvis Scène Nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées, Scène nationale du Sud-Aquitain, l’Équinoxe Scène nationale de Châteauroux, Théâtre National de Strasbourg, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens Pôle International de Production et de Diffusion, La Comédie de Béthune CDN Hauts-de-France
With the support of la Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, du Fonds SACD / Ministère de la culture Grandes Formes Théâtre
The theatre company La femme coupée en deux receives funding from the Ministry of Culture / Hauts-de-France Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs, under the scheme for state-subsidised companies, and is supported by the Hauts-de-France Region.
With the help of ministère de la Culture
Acknowledgments Théâtre Ouvert Centre National des Dramaturgies Contemporaines, for its reception at first reading, Lukas Dana, Elsa Provansal, Jules Guittier, Max Beucher and the participants of AFR 109 at Le Quai and the TNB’s ‘Transmission’ masterclass, for their valuable contribution.
Set construction at the workshops of the Nouveau Théâtre Besançon
