Sylvain Creuzevault takes on Pasolini's last explosive, unfinished and fragmentary novel, written just before the author's death and published long after. In a magma of virulent notes, a man torn between his senior public role in a formerly fascist hydrocarbon company and his desire for a non-normative sexuality navigates the political, social and artistic tensions of Italy's Years of Lead (1970–1980).
The performers make Pasolini's enraged language resound and battle with it — a novel pushed to its limits, transformed into a prophetic and polemical visual poem that overturns the theatre and our preconceptions. Runtime: 3h30 with a 20-minute interval. Pétrole is published by Gallimard.
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Sylvain Creuzevault
French director and actor who co-founded his company with Arthur Igual over twenty years ago. He is known for politically engaged, large-scale collective creations and adaptations of literary and philosophical texts.
Sharif Andoura
Pauline Bélier
Gabriel Dahmani
Boutaïna El Fekkak
Pierre-Félix Gravière
Anne-Lise Heimburger
Arthur Igual
French actor who co-founded Sylvain Creuzevault's company more than twenty years ago and has appeared in all of Creuzevault's productions. He also collaborated with Adrien Béal on their first plateau-writing fifteen years ago.
Sébastien Lefebvre
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