On Monday May 12, 2025 at 7pm, the Théâtre Antoine will host a one-off performance of Simone Veil: les combats d'une effrontée, as part of the 8th edition of Paroles Citoyennes . Adapted and co-written by Antoine Mory and Cristiana Reali, who will also play the title role, this theatrical story will be directed by Pauline Susini. The play would be inspired by the life of Simone Veil, a great figure of politics and memory, to establish a dialogue between generations around the values of transmission, resistance and commitment.
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As Simone Veil symbolically enters the Panthéon, alongside her husband Antoine, Camille, a young woman invited to talk about her on the radio, plunges back into her student memories. The result is an imaginary dialogue between Camille and Simone Veil, weaving together past and present, individual memory and collective history. This poetic face-off would question the way in which we appropriate a political and humanist heritage, and the ability to embody struggles in the contemporary world.
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This show is aimed at audiences sensitive to engaged narratives, the transmission of memory and the place of women in political history. Fans of documentary theater, or of forms combining testimony, fiction and civic reflection, may find it particularly resonant. The narrative structure, based on an alternation between past and present, would fit in with a dynamic of embodied pedagogy, accessible from adolescence onwards. On the other hand, viewers looking for a linear narrative or a strictly biographical account might be put off by the sensitive, reflective approach adopted.
Actress Cristiana Reali, lead performer and co-writer of the text, has reportedly been nominated for the role at the Molières 2022 . She would share the stage with Noémie Develay-Ressiguier in a two-part score, highlighting the contemporary resonance of Simone Veil's struggles. The May 12 performance would be part of the closing ceremony of the Paroles Citoyennes festival , which each year presents committed texts combining theater and civic reflection.
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Simone Veil : les combats d'une effrontée offers a contemporary perspective on the legacy of Simone Veil, through an imaginary exchange between generations. This unique show at the Théâtre Antoine seems to offer a parenthesis of memory, humanity and collective questioning, within a sober and committed scenic device.
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Dates and Opening Time
On May 12, 2025
Prices
€19 - €48
Booking
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