Diphtong

The idea of love coming to an end frightens us, but I know some people for whom love has ever even started, perhaps it’s better like that, no, the idea of love coming to end is frightening. Especially when love as we know it, radiates out as the love of life, love of all, of living, of working or meeting of lasting, that’s what makes us the most frightened of all, the idea of love coming to an end. No ? No. Some say no, everything comes to an end full stop.

I rarely think about it but the end of love all the time, every instant, every instant of my life, every one.
The end of love is even the only thing I think about and it happens, regularly, all the time.

Christine ANGOT

She was beautiful. And then from one day to the next. Just like that. Without scarcely a cry. Everything fades. Like a word that kills.
She was beautiful.
Then the face fell.
An illness.
Maybe. Nothing had been said anyway. Between her and me.
We loved each other.
The face falls, dies. Without knowing.
Love ate her up. Her eyes, so beautiful.
They ended up yellowing.
Rotten blue.
I don’t uderstand.
I close my eyes.
I love her.
I open them and nothing happens. Still nothing.
Her teeth cracked.
Love offered beauty. After that I left to drown myself.
She was dead
And as for me, I walk, I walk, I sing.

Hubert COLAS

Director, set design : Hubert COLAS

With : Juliette BINEAU, Vincent DUPONT, Dominique FROT, Françoise KLEIN, Boris LÉMANT, Peggy PÉNEAU, Thierry RAYNAUD

Assistant Director : Alexandra TOBELAIM

Music : Jean-Marc MONTERA

Video Manager : Stéphane MOINET

Video : Dominik BARBIER

Video assistants : Stéphane MOINET, Anne Van Den STEEN, Ludovic PRÉ

Lighting : Pascale BONGIOVANNI and Hubert COLAS

Costumes : Malika HJIJ

Production : Théâtre des Bernardines, Marseille, École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, Perfects Technologies Sud, Lieux Publics / Centres National de Créations des Arts de la Rue, Marseille

La Fin de l'amour by Christine Angot was commissioned by Diphtong Cie and has received support from the Commande aux auteurs, Ministère de la Culture.

Many thanks to : Locatel Vidéo Professionnel, Lecourtier Location, M.Michel ENRICI – director at l'ENSAM, Emmanuelle PERTUS, Agnès B., Jean-Luc SPAGNOLO, Jules D., Anne R., Jérôme DORVAULT.