Release Date

30 Jan, 1996

Runtime

01:17: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.

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Actors

Patrice Chéreau

Pascal Greggory

Bryn Terfel

Lella Cuberli

Catherine Malfitano

Daniel Barenboim

Roberto De Candia

Paul Groves

Vesselina Kasarova

Matti Salminen

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Crew

Stéphane Metge

Patrice Chéreau

Bernard Verley

Florian Eidenbenz

Éric Altan

Gabriel Humeau

Hélène Viard