Robert, a prolific therapist and essayist, couldn't stand seeing his patients stagnate, so he decided to radically change his method. Too much reflection, introspection and sympathetic listening: it's time for action!
Robert, a renowned therapist and prolific essayist, couldn't stand seeing his patients stagnate, so he decided to radically change his method. Too much thinking, too much introspection, too much sympathetic listening: the time has come for action! At the same time, his brother mysteriously disappears at sea. He confesses within the walls of a psychiatric hospital. What is this unhinged, manipulative shrink guilty of? Tragic farce, crime novel, corrosive reflection on the threat of populism, a gritty dive into troubled waters.
"There are novels made for the stage and, like them, actors we dream of seeing one day in the theater. Directing is all about assembling forces on a stage: my approach to adapting this text by Denis Michelis was to imagine François Cluzet on stage, thinking of his voice, his looks and the embodying power of his whole body. A monologue just for him, who dreamed of returning to the stage and was waiting for the right text. Emmanuel Noblet.
By Denis Michelis, directed by Emmanuel Noblet, with François Cluzet. Produced by Arnaud Bertrand - 984 Productions, coproduced by Théâtre du Jeu de Paume/Aix-en-Provence, La Bande Spectacle.