Ils nous ont oubliés
[ They have forgotten us ]
based on the novel La Plâtrière
by Thomas Bernhard
directed by Séverine Chavrier
estimated duration 3h45
Berthier 17e
© © Louise Sari
with
Laurent Papot
Marijke Pinoy
Camille Voglaire
Florian Satche (percussions)
After Nous sommes repus mais pas repentis (Ateliers Berthier, 2016), Séverine Chavrier returns to Thomas Bernhard, the absolute nonpareil of provocation and exaggeration. A couple has spent the last twenty years barricaded in the Lime Works, for Konrad demands absolute quiet to compose his « Essay on Hearing ». But his wife is disabled. Konrad must take care of all the daily chores. Time eats away at life, and vice versa... A musical suite of variations on sterility and folie à deux, Bernhard’s 1970 novel The Lime Works inspired Chavrier to create a microcosm reminiscent of Bergman's Persona and Kubrick's Shining – a cold echo chamber haunted by all forms of sound, from voices in the basement to percussions played live on plasterboard.
