TOI

TOI

text and direction Pascal Rambert

with Marisa Borini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

For many years I wanted to work with Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi. When she was in Nanterre at Patrice Chéreau's school I was in Chaillot at Antoine Vitez's school. I saw her from afar. I wanted to work with her. And then once in Chéreau's Rêve d'automne at the Théâtre de la Ville. It was clear that I wanted to work with her. And then in fact his films too. All his films. And the last one seen on a plane coming back from Mexico made me tell myself she's like a sister for the stories she writes and I write. So we saw each other and we decided to do this. I'm going to write a declaration of love from a daughter to her mother. Her mother is her real mother. Marisa Borini. She is the one who plays the piano on a large Bosendorfer between the silences of her daughter. Words are meant for her. And Valeria gives life to thoses words.

Opening 2021 October 19th, Bonlieu Scène Nationale Annecy
performance in italian with french surtitles