Les Frères Karamazov
[ The Brothers Karamazov ]
based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky
adaptation and direction Sylvain Creuzevault
associate artist
with the Festival d'Automne à Paris
duration 3h15 (with intermission)
Odéon 6e
© © Simon Gosselin
with
Nicolas Bouchaud
Sylvain Creuzevault
Servane Ducorps
Vladislav Galard
Arthur Igual
Sava Lolov
Frédéric Noaille
Blanche Ripoche
Sylvain Sounier
et les musiciens
Sylvaine Hélary
Antonin Rayon
To quote Jean Genet, The Brothers Karamazov is above all « an enormous and petty buffoonery ». After his adaptation of Demons, director Sylvain Creuzevault carves out of its 1,300 pages the material for a devastating farce. Which of his sons killed the despicable Fyodor Karamazov: sensual Dimitri, his father's rival in love? Did Ivan the intellectual, obsessed with the problem of radical evil, really keep his hands clean? What about the virtuous, naive Alyosha – what role did he play? Explanations fall apart. Motives and characters give rise to all sorts of contradictions. In this « shooting gallery » of a novel, Genet concludes, all forms of tragic decorum are unravelling, « leaving nothing but lint in their wake. The fun begins... »
