Au cœur de la rose (Généalogie d’une tristesse)

 Poetic insular drama

2025-02-27 20:00 2025-03-01 23:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Au cœur de la rose (Généalogie d’une tristesse)

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/35953

In-person event

What happens when a creative company known for films dredges up a too oft-overlooked piece of theatre from the vaults of the past by titan of film Pierre Perrault? We find ourselves thrown onto the banks of the river, right in the middle of the unrelenting wilderness and complex fates, dreaming of half-obscured horizons.  This bewitching maritime tale takes place on an island with a lighthouse, where a pair of taciturn parents live with their daughter, portrayed by the dazzling...

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Azrieli Studio,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2025
Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2025

February 2025

  1. Feb 27 2025
    Thursday

    8:00pm

  2. Feb 28 2025
    Friday

    8:00pm

March 2025

  1. Mar 1 2025
    Saturday

    4:00pm

Close schedule
Illustration featuring an imposing head emerging from the water, resembling an island, upon which two characters stand.
© Gérard DuBois
Illustration featuring an imposing head emerging from the water, resembling an island, upon which two characters stand.
© Gérard DuBois
“In the land of wind and shipwrecks ”
  • In-person event
  • Français
  • ≈ 1 hour and 50 minutes · No intermission
NAC Co-production

What happens when a creative company known for films dredges up a too oft-overlooked piece of theatre from the vaults of the past by titan of film Pierre Perrault? We find ourselves thrown onto the banks of the river, right in the middle of the unrelenting wilderness and complex fates, dreaming of half-obscured horizons. 

This bewitching maritime tale takes place on an island with a lighthouse, where a pair of taciturn parents live with their daughter, portrayed by the dazzling Nahéma Ricci, breakout star of the film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe. One day during a storm, the sea spits out a schooner, along with its captain and sailor. The young woman is immediately struck by a passion and zeal for exile as she strikes out for freedom. When a heart aflame stands up to the establishment, a storm is due, and no one can say which way the wind will blow. 

Pierre Perrault wasn’t just a genius of direct cinema, but a poet of the river and the people who lived on it. This is clear from his play, Au cœur de la rose, whose words resonate with multiple meanings and which draws straight from underground wellsprings. In this show, Jérémie Niel, a scenic designer who creates hypnotic, experience-based worlds, meticulously directs bodies, sounds and light to celebrate the words of one of our great image makers. 

*A new edition of Pierre Perrault’s Au cœur de la rose was recently published by Lux Éditeur in January 2024.  

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Feb 24
Feb 25
Feb 26
Feb 27
  • 8:00 pm Opening night
Feb 28
  • 8:00 pm Talkback
Mar 1
  • 4:00 pm
Mar 2

Artists

  • Playwright Pierre Perrault
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    Adaptation and Director Jérémie Niel
  • Playwright Pierre Perrault (Lux Éditeur)
  • Adaptation and Direction Jérémie Niel
  • Creative Co-director Ariane Lamarre 
  • With Evelyne de la Chenelière, Marine Johnson, Marco Poulin, Sébastien Ricard, Nahéma Ricci and Émile Schneider
  • Environment and Sound Design Sylvain Bellemare and Ariane Lamarre
  • Music Cédric Dind-Lavoie and Christophe Papadimitriou
  • Video Design Karl Lemieux
  • Video Integration Dominique Hawry
  • Scenic Design and Lighting Cédric Delorme-Bouchard
  • Sound and Microphones Gabrielle Couillard
  • Costumes Léonie Blanchet
  • Props Marie-Pier Jacques
  • Design and making of the seagull Sophie St-Pierre
  • Hair and Makeup Véronique St-Germain
  • Intern Raoul Sanchez
  • Director of Photography Mathieu Laverdière
  • Camera Assistant Erin Weisgerber
  • Editing Guillaume Marin-Lafond
  • Technical Director Rébecca Brouillard
  • Production Manager Mathilde Boudreau
  • Production Pétrus
  • Co-production Festival TransAmériques and NAC French Theatre
  • Special thanks to Frédéric Lord