L'homme atlantique at Place des Arts

In the dizzying density and the radical indecency of Duras words, something appeals directly to the uncompromising theatre of Christian Lapointe. Both constantly probe the depths between real life and the imagination, between men and women, between what is said and what can be said. In a work where reality destabilizes the theatrical, he leads us onto a film set where a disturbing Durassic movie is being improvised. He places the audience at the centre of a fascinating tale where the howling seas intensify heartrending sexual distress magnified by an impossible love.