THE SILENCE (French version)

“To silence someone is to prevent someone from talking about themselves, their perception of the world, their feelings, their life, to make their version of the story disappear, and thus erase it.”

For his new play THE SILENCE, Falk Richter, in collaboration with actor Stanislas Nordey, undertakes research into his own family history. A journey into his past takes him back to his parents’ house, which he left more than 30 years ago after coming out. The father died without any reconciliation with his son. But the son finally wants to break the silence that reigned in this place. He begins a discussion with his mother, which plunges him back into the hell of their youth, his own and that of his mother. This journey into the depths of Western society, spanning the post-war period to the present day, reveals a persistent history of violence and harshness that makes a more humane, chosen future impossible.