‘A wild god’ or the limits of civilization
There is a badly attributed phrase to Vault It says: “Civilization does not suppress barbarism, but it perfectly.” The Parisian thinker may not be said, but almost three centuries later it is still valid. In a wild moment of history, where fierce individualism poured western societies to an uncertain future, Pere Arquillué lead one of the most celebrated texts of Yasmina rezaanother illustrious French, A wild god.
Pere Arquillué, Laura Conejero, Laura Aubert and Ivan Benet
The text, which in 2011 came to the cinema brought by Roman Polanskiis practically a contemporary classic that, with sharp humor, highlights the seams of society. The starting point is simple: two pairs of parents are to try to resolve a conflict that the respective children have experienced in the school yard. But what begins as a polite meeting, ends up removing the worst part of each one present.
Arquillué met Reza’s universe in 2016 with the assembly Artalso premiered in the Goya. I talk to him precisely the next morning than Donald Trump He has risen as the winner of the US election and says he had been in his hands for years, eager to take him on stage. “It does not often happen to me to read a text and want to say it, to do it, to explain it, to share it. And here it was very clear. As always, Reza where he puts his eye puts his bullet, and this text is as valid today as when he was written almost 20 years ago. “
‘Carnage’ frame (‘a wild god’), 2011 film directed by Polanski
This is the first time Arquillué has directed and stars in a work. A “Embolo”, as he confesses, who assumes with respect, but with perspective. “Everything I try to take lately. It’s a challenge, yes, but it’s also a game. We try to have a good time. ” To achieve this, however, the team that accompanies it is key, both on top and off the stage. And if in the Polanski version the cast was stellar – with Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly– Attention with that of Arquillué: Laura Conejero, Laura Aubert and Ivan Benet They complete the poster. The director was clear that he needed a distribution capable of holding the rhythm of a “very sharp verbal fencing”. In addition, with Conejero I wanted to coincide again, because “we started almost together in Romea many years ago and we had not had many occasions to work together.”
A wild god It will be seasoned from February 1 at the Goya Theater. A high -flying theatrical game that promises strong emotions. And if one thing has the reza pen is this ability to portray the darkest, nasty and pathetic face of human beings with sharp humor. A cartoon with a message that, as Arquillué confesses, also speaks a bit of the tranquility, “to take everything with a little more distance and take significance to things.” We will try.
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