Tag: Avignon 2022
[En intégral] Dieudonné Niangouna (Democratic Republic of Congo): “Ghost”
Three brothers and sisters, accompanied by their nephew, meet to sell the house of a father they never knew. But an old man, come to shelter from the rain, will…
[En intégral] Laura Sheïlla Inangoma (Burundi): “Memory trial”
A trial. Three women are accused of murder and practicing “barbaric rites” but for lack of bodies, judges, lawyers and witnesses are fighting over what makes tradition and modernity in…
[En intégral] Koulsy Lamko (Chad): “That of the islands”
“Celile” or “Celle des îles”, a storyteller and cabaret singer responds to a funny casting to brighten up the evenings of “well-thinking and well-sleeping customers” at the restaurant “Le petit…
[En intégral] Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Senegal): “Enclosed Land”
Written in 2015 by the man who will become the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to win the Goncourt Prize, this novel takes place in Kalep, a town in Sumal…
[En intégral] Nathalie Hounvo Yekpe (Benin): “Race to the wedding”
It is the story of three sisters with linked destinies but only one of them succeeded. Madila is married to a rich man. Her children go to French school. Everything…
[En intégral] Jean D’Amérique (Haiti): “Opera Dust”
Forgotten by history, Sanite Bélair (1781-1802) returns from the dead to haunt us. A sergeant, then a lieutenant in the Haitian revolutionary army, she was captured by French settlers and…
Ten years of reading “It’s okay, it’s okay, people!”
This year, the cycle of readings “It’s going, it’s going to the world! celebrated its tenth edition. Guests: John of AmericaHaitian author and director, RFI Théâtre 2021 prize for his…
Centenary of Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès
What makes the legend of Gérard Philipe, born in 1922 and died prematurely in 1959, at the age of 36? What remains of the actress Marie Casarès who fled Francoist…
once upon a time Olivier Py
When he won his nomination at the head of the largest theater festival in the world in 2013, he had only one name in his mouth: Jean Vilar. Leaving, nine…
“The great reunion” of the 76th Festival d’Avignon
This Tuesday evening, July 26, the 76th edition of the Festival d’Avignon will close its doors, after almost three weeks and 400 performances and meetings in 40 places. An edition…