Kessel, la liberté à tout prix comes to Théâtre Actuel La Bruyère

Kessel, la liberté à tout prix, extended following its success, runs at Théâtre Actuel La Bruyère from September 8, 2025 to December 29, 2025. Franck Desmedt takes to the stage as Joseph Kessel. A portrait of the great 20th-century reporter and writer.

A French actor, Franck Desmedt won the Molière for Best Supporting Actor in 2018 for the play Adieu monsieur Haffmann . Since 2016, the actor has been portraying great figures of the 20th century. For one of his roles, Romain Gary in La promesse de l'aube, he received the Prix Charles Oulmont and the Prix du Brigadier, and was nominated for the Molière for Best Single Act. Kessel, la liberté à tout prix, which he performed at the Théâtre Rive Gauche, earned him the same nomination at Molières 2024, which took place on May 6.

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The one-man show promises a poetic retelling of the life of Joseph Kessel. Writer, reporter, adventurer and Resistance fighter, Joseph Kessel was an observer of the world and witnessed both world wars in the 20th century. Of Lithuanian origin, the writer joined the air force during the First World War, and obtained French nationality. After publishing several novels, he returned to journalism in 1939, joined the Resistance and was elected to the Académie française in 1962. Kessel, la liberté à tout prix is an opportunity to discover a moving portrait of Joseph Kessel, performed by Franck Desmedt, at the Théâtre Rive Gauche until March 30, 2025.