Une journée particulière

Une journée particulière tells the story of loneliness : Antonietta, a devoted wife and mother, and Gabriele, a cultured radio journalist who is also homosexual. They meet during a particular day under the fascist regime of Mussolini, marked by Hitler’s visit to Rome in 1938. The play explores the intimate relationship between these two very different characters, who are each isolated in their own way and subjected to the constraints and social dictates imposed by the fascist regime. In this forced confinement and through their interaction, they discover commonality, unknown spaces of sharing, recognition, grace, and freedom.
By producing the theatrical version of Ettore Scola’s film, we aimed to raise fundamental questions about women's role in society and male homosexuality, using the backdrop of 1938 Italy under the fascist regime, as Scola had done in the original.

DISTRIBUTION

Ettore Scola
Directed by
Lilo Baur
Theatrical adaptation by
Gigliola Fantoni et Ruggero Maccari
French text by
Huguette Hatem, édité à L’avant-scène théâtre, dans la collection des Quatre-vents, 2022
Scenography
Bruno de Lavenère
Costumes
Agnès Falque
Lighting
Laurent Castaingt
Music
Mich Ochowiak
Video
Etienne Guiol
Assistant Director
Barthélémy Fortier
General Stage Management
Arthur Magnier
Dramaturgical Texts
Valérie Six et Arnaud Duprat de Montero
Antonietta Laetitia Casta
Gabriele Roschdy Zem
Emanuele Joan Bellviure
The Concierge Sandra Choquet
Production
Au Contraire Productions and Théâtre de Carouge, Geneva, in co-production with Théâtre du Jeu de Paume – Les Théâtres, Aix-en-Provence. In collaboration with Théâtre de l’Atelier, Paris
Thanks to
Barthélémy Fortier, Jean-Paul Merlin, Valentin, Stéphanie Villeret
Photos
Simon Gosselin

DATES

No forthcoming dates

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