Ouvertures

Moving from the frozen landscapes of the Jura mountains to the urban centers of Port-au-Prince, OUVERTURES brings the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture back to life. In France, a Haitian researcher tries to read the past within the stratigraphic layers of Jurassic limestone, whilst in Haiti, a group of young actors translates and rehearse scenes from “Monsieur Toussaint”, a play written by Édouard Glissant. As the play proceeds, the actors become possessed by their characters. And eventually, the ghost of Louverture joins the group and takes them on a trip into a new kind of exile.… >>>