Le procès de Jeanne Bloch

Although the era is not specified, it is strangely familiar. Jeanne Bloch served as Prime Minister of France for ten months while the country was going through an acute political crisis. Five years later, an authoritarian regime has seized power and accuses her of betraying the people she was entrusted with. Summoned to account before the court, she is defended by a fiery young lawyer, a little too vehement in her eyes.

How to speak of the present day and untangle what seems too complex, even burning hot in this election year? Returning to La Tempête after La Peur, François Hien once again sharpens our thinking through the clash of perspectives, combining historical references with contemporary considerations in a subtle interplay of flashbacks. Accompanied in counterpoint by the portrait of a mysterious and complex figure, Jeanne Bloch.

Halfway between a courtroom drama and a political thriller, the show places us in the heart of the arena through high-tension hearings, making us collectively experience our relationship to power and institutions. 5 actors, some forty characters, bring this "imaginary" national novel to the stage, a powerful lesson in civic education. And when the rule of law holds firm, it is a cause for hope.