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Les Marchands

Les Marchands

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 2013

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Les Marchands

Production Companies

Compagnie Louis Brouillard, Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe, Théâtre national de Strasbourg, COPAT (Coopérative de Production Audiovisuelle Théâtrale)

Director

Julien Bechara

Description

The originality of the show lies in the gap between the narrative provided by the voice-over (omnipresent) and the visible, concrete actions played on stage by the characters in an almost silent film: their play, sometimes very poetic, transcends narration. As a result, not only is the spectator's emotion intense, but the philosophical reflection on the meaning (s) of the work emerges: since Man sells his thought, his body, his time, in exchange for a salary, since he is constantly in exchange, barter, link, is he a "merchant"? What is he walking towards?