The Elementary Particles / Atomised
de Michel Houellebecq
adaptation, mise en scène et scénographie Julien Gosselin
Durée 3h50
Odéon 6e
No future? Was sexual liberation just a delusion? Reading Les Particules élémentaires, post-68 humanity seems to be off to a pretty bad start. Seeing the show, it's less certain. For the troupe's unstinting commitment and joy of performing, the striking use of video and the energy of a rock concert are all stage weapons which, since the creation of Les Particules, have aroused the enthusiasm of audiences of all generations. In adapting Houellebecq's novel, Gosselin and his performers have forged a theatrical style capable of grappling with a contemporary work and the questions it poses, exalting its atmospheres, restoring the multiple registers of its style, giving visible form to the acuteness of its still topical reflections. This critical investigation into the contradictions and torments of individualism in the late 20th century takes as its central thread the destinies of two half-brothers, Bruno the obsessed literary man and Michel the inhibited scientist, whose lives are examined from every angle: psychological, sociological, historical - and erotic, of course. After 2666, the event adaptation of Bolaño's sumptuous novel, Julien Gosselin and his company return to the Odéon's Grande Salle with the resounding success that first brought them to the attention of the Ateliers Berthier.
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A major French novel of the late 20th century.
A great theatrical production of the early 21st.
A wry and moving tale for our times.
