Teatro Argentina presents The maidens from Wilko on stage March 2nd - 14th 2010.
From the homonymous novel by Jaroslaw Iwaskiewicz
Adapted and directed by Alvis Hermanis
with Sergio Romano, Laura Marinoni, Patrizia Punzo, Elena Arvigo, Irene Petris, Fabrizia Sacchi, Alice Torriani
Set design by Andris Freibergs
Costume design by Gianluca Sbicca
Choreography by Alla Sigalova
After a sombre mourning, Wiktor decides to return to his childhood village for the summer. Here, he meets five sisters whom he knew in his youth. His connections with this family are many: he had a relationship with one of the sisters who has already passed away and he was the tutor of the eldest one...
Andres Wajda had produced the cinematographic version, an Oscar nominee. In this production, Hermanis' hyper-realistic aesthetics is confirmed. Accustomed to directing actors of another language, for the first time here, he works with Italian actors.
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