Alliance Française de Delhi Learn French, Delf-Dalf Exam, Indo-French Cultural Events
Date/Time
Date(s) - 13/03/2020
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
M.L Bhartia Auditorium – Alliance Française de Delhi
Categories
Alliance Française de Delhi & Québec Government Office in Mumbai present
Lepage au Soleil
Initial Release: April, 2019 | Director: Hélène Choquette | Running Time: 1h 34min
Genre: Documentry | French Film with English Subtitles | Free Entry Open to All
Synopsis: In the spring of 2016, for the first time in 54 years, Ariane Mnouchkine entrusts her troupe, the Théâtre du Soleil, to another director: Robert Lepage. He embarks on the creation of Kanata, a work that imagines the meeting of Europeans with First Nations people of Canada over a period of two centuries. After more than two years of work, the rumor of a show about First Nations people without their direct involvement sparks debates in the Canadian media, and soon in Europe and the United States. Its creators are accused of cultural appropriation, while no one has even seen the show. Lepage at the Soleil: The Origins of Kanata shows how, the 36 actors from 11 different countries, discover in their own stories an astonishing resonance with the stories of the people they are telling. Inspired by the cosmopolitanism of the troupe, Robert Lepage tries to get them to talk about their own stories through those of the Indigenous people of Canada. The documentary plunges into the heart of a theatrical creation in search of universality, but turned upside down by a media scandal even before its premiere.