Je crois que dehors c'est le printemps

Theatre - Duration 1h30 - From 12 years

The mental map of an inverted Medea trying to find herself after losing everything.

A mother leads a quiet life with her husband and two little girls. But one day, the husband disappears with the two children. His suicidal body is eventually found, and the girls are still being sought everywhere.

It is this true story, which happened a few years ago in Switzerland, that actress Gaia Saitta wanted to bring to the stage, alone and at arm's length, in order to paint the portrait of a woman torn between the abyss of pain and the (faint) hope of a reappearance, the abyss of tragedy and the (stubborn) desire for reconstruction. Well, not quite alone, since Gaia Saitta is soon assisted and supported by nine guardian angels who, true to their values and mindful of their duties, gently help her to mend the scraps of her memories and the tatters of her existence. And it is precisely this fragmented, piecemeal approach, in both narrative and form, that allows us to delve into the protagonist's shattered interiority - and into her need for consolation that is impossible to satiate...

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