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“French Indochina, from the conquest to Diên Bien Phu”
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In the vaulted room of a provincial priory, a “dinner of heads” is held. At the invitation of Maxime, the Machiavellian organizer, the guests must pretend to be actors in the French Revolution. There is Danton, Saint-Just, Marie-Antoinette, Mirabeau, Lucile and Camille Desmoulins. We await the highlight of the evening, Robespierre. It is Bitos, a merciless purifier magistrate, who must play the role of the Incorruptible. The goal is to ridicule him. This historical-themed "cons' dinner" allows Anouilh's genius to denounce the excesses of the purge against the backdrop of the Terror. This gives
Pauvre Bitos,
a turn of dramatic genius masterfully staged by Thierry…
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