Une histoire d'amour is the last play written, directed and performed by Alexis Michalik at La Scala, after the great successes of Le Porteur d'histoire, Le cercle des illusionnistes, Edmond and Intra Muros.
AND YET I LOVE ONLY YOU
Definitely, not only Alexis Michalik likes to tell stories but he knows how to do it perfectly. The one he tells in this new creation is that of a love story. With a capital A. The love that everyone can experience at least once in their life because it appears in so many forms: fusional love, filial love, brotherly love… Love that does not always end happily but transforms lives. The one that makes us feel alive. Two women, Katia and Justine meet, love each other, decide despite Katia's doubts and health concerns to have a child. However, Justine leaves and leaves Katia to raise Jeanne alone. Twelve years later, Katia learns that she will soon die. Her brother William, flayed by life, will be Jeanne's guardian.
MOLIÈRE 2020 OF THE STAGING OF A PRIVATE THEATER SHOW
On stage, to signify this whirlwind of feelings, it is a real ballet wonderfully choreographed and rhythmic that is played: no gesture is useless, everything is done in a disconcerting fluidity. The changes of props and costumes are particularly precise and fast so that the viewer is sucked into this story without being lost. The writing is as always incisive, skilfully oscillating between drama and humor. Special mention to the scenography, a white rectangle on the ground to signify the play space, the set on wheels and the screen that allows the projection of the scenery; and the carefully chosen music that accompanies this painting. Everything is simple but effective.
INSPIRING AND INSPIRING CASTING
There is a desire close to despair on the part of the five actors to act, to love and to be loved. Each of the roles is perfectly invested and fair. We also understand the appointment of Marie-Camille Soyer to the Molières as a female Revelation, she is divine. All are extremely present moving from one scene to another with astonishing emotional dexterity. What about the mesmerizing beauty of Pauline Bression's dance steps? Juliette Delacroix's exceptional dramatic force? The incredible talent and accuracy of Lior Shabbat (great actress to follow)? What can we also say about Alexis Michalik's acting as a man tortured by his own love story, overwhelming cynicism? During the play, and despite the mask, the large audience pulls out the handkerchiefs, cries as much as the actors and applauds with force this beautiful proof of love that Alexis Michalik offers us to see at the Scala theater, until November 11 included. We come out shivering, vibrant, delighted to have lived a moment so beautiful and yet so sad, impatient to discover the next production of this genius, a figure that has become essential in French theatre. And if you are not Parisian but Norman, JustFocus thinks of you and has planned a selection of shows here.
