Animaux

In Animaux, the great Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek brings into violent confrontation two utterances, two bodies, two voices, two lives.

On one side, a woman alone, addressing an absent man. She wants to talk to him about herself, about what she is deep down, about what she feels, her doubts, her desires, her aspirations. She simply asks to be loved for who she is. On the other, a man who seems to have nothing human left. His words pour out of him like a river carrying mud. He is a seller of women, a sex trader, a dealer in bodies. What is he looking for? The maximum number of clients for maximum yield.