Les Justes
Could Albert Camus have imagined, when writing “Les justes” in 1949, that it would plunge us into the current affairs of today’s world? Can murder be legitimised in defence of a cause, however “just” it may be?
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I threw the bomb at your tyranny, not at a man.” (Kaliayev - Les Justes - Albert Camus)
“One begins by wanting justice and ends by organising a police force.” (Skouratov - Les Justes - Albert Camus)
Could Albert Camus have imagined, when writing “Les justes” in 1949, that it would plunge us into the current affairs of today’s world? Can murder be legitimised in defence of a cause, however “just” it may be? Dominique Lamour.
Moscow, in 1905: a group of revolutionary socialists plans to assassinate Grand Duke Sergei, who rules the city as a despot, in order to fight the tyranny imposed upon them. Kaliayev, a young terrorist, will throw the bomb…
There are laws in the theatre, and these laws are made to be broken. I often read that this or that play does not respect the laws of theatre; I challenge those who are always talking about these laws to define them. If they manage to define the obvious truths we all know, we then realise that neither the Greek tragedians, nor Shakespeare, nor Molière took them into account when appropriate. In short, I learned on the stage that theatre concerns itself with very few things: canvas for the sets, and characters and language for the play. Albert Camus.
Directed by: Dominique Lamour Cast: Michel Adjriou, Raphaël Billot, Henri Fernandez, Anne Moriceau, Bertrand Sanabria, Jérôme Savajols
