Our review of Deux amis by Pascal Rambert: a user guide for boredom

Cloture de l'amour,

 extolled by some, had already bored us.

presented at the Avignon festival, should have vaccinated us, but we wanted to give a chance to Pascal Rambert, 60-year-old author and director born in Nice.

We regret.

Released on Wednesday, his last show entitled

scared the public away.

Others fell asleep.

The blessed!

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The man artfully cultivates boredom, delights in breaking open doors in a demonstrative way.

Each of its pieces could be a manual for emptying rooms.

His two characters go there with their very long tirade.

The story revolves around Stan (Stanislas Nordey) and Charles (Charles Berling).

Two friends, lovers, actors and directors.

They meet on a set to think about how they are going to stage four plays by Molière in the mind of Antoine Vitez.

Whose theater was based on the game. As a setting,

suffice.

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Troubled by their feelings, Stan and Charles kiss passionately before, later, acting out.

Under the garden table precisely.

We have plenty of time to look at the decor installed at the back of the set.

A pile of barrels, washing machines, countless seats, pipes and various shelves, while the duo quibbles.

Vitez is only a pretext.

Let's not talk about Molière.

The two men get angry.

Charles had the bad idea to check Stan's cell phone.

And just read and for his misfortune:

From there, he extrapolates.

Attacked her spouse does not flinch, then explodes.

Charles profusely apologizes, but too late, the damage is done.

At one point, we don't know why, they put on overalls and put on helmets like welders to demolish decorative elements to loud music.

The actors are remarkable, we are supposed to be moved, but something has escaped us.

We won't be taken back there again.

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