Boat People
When two languages and two different worlds meet: what does it mean to “welcome, live together and help”?
About this event
1979, near Niort: a French family takes in a Vietnamese family who have fled the authoritarian regimes of Southeast Asia. Between the hosts’ motivations and the newcomers’ unspoken pain, we (re)discover the major movement of solidarity that took shape in France at that time. A movement as compelling as it was complex.
Marine Bachelot Nguyen makes theatre a territory of memory and resistance. At the boundary between documentary and fiction, her work explores postcolonial legacies. To nourish her narrative, she collected the testimonies of former refugees. On stage, the performers will bring these stories to life. Alongside them, a puppeteer and archival images open up other perspectives. A shift in scale that better conveys this outpouring of generosity, now forgotten.
Text and direction: Marine Bachelot Nguyen.
