L'équarissage pour tous

Arromanches, June 6, 1944: while the Allies gain a foothold on European soil, a knacker father is preoccupied with marrying off his daughter to the German soldier she has been sleeping with for four years...

This summary gives only a faint idea of the burlesque bubbling of this "anarchist vaudeville". A farce on a grave subject that caused a scandal upon its creation in 1950. A wild gamble in a reconstructing society, bruised and traumatized by the violence of war.

In 2026, it is important to do justice to this play and question the place of war in our societies and its consequences. The Second World War, the central subject of the play, resonates particularly well with our current geopolitical concerns: Brexit marking the end of a united Europe, the war in Ukraine, the end of Pax Americana, the rise of fascism worldwide, etc. Reviving this historical period and its conflict through our contemporary eyes enables a distant and pragmatic re-reading to draw parallels with our own future.

In a climate of widespread conflicts, many fear a third world war.