The 34thFrench Cinepanorama13/12
AF Mediatheque
The Flood Drummers
堤霸上的鼓手
English Subtitles 英文字幕
Adapted from Hélène Cixous
改編自 Hélène Cixous 的劇作
Film and Play Director 電影及話劇
導演： Ariane Mnouchkine
Cast 演員：
Actors from the Theatre du Soleil
Ariane
Mnouchkine's film The Flood Drummers is a cinematic transposition
of her production performed by the Theatre du Soleil troupe at the Cartoucherie
theatre complex.
The political and philosophical tale conjured up by Hélène Cixous takes place
in a legendary, ancient China. The inhabitants are faced with a massive threat:
a devastating flood that could wash away the city's
protective dykes. From prince to beggar, the imminent disaster brings out in
everyone a moment of truth where the nature and the character of human beings
is revealed…
For this production, Ariane Mnouchkine has chosen a heady theatrical
mix of live theatre and puppetry inspired by Japanese Noh and Bunkaru where painted
masked actors portray “Living Marionettes” manipulated by black-clad handlers.
These comic and poetic “living dolls” create a striking break with reality, intensifying
the impact as the audience is plunged into a disturbingly strange world.
影片《堤霸上的鼓手》是亞里安娜．穆西金把她導演的同名劇作轉成電影。 戲劇是由太陽劇場演出。
這個有關政治和哲學的故事由 Hélène Cixous 創作，是發生在古代傳說中的中國。居民將面對一個嚴重的災難：一場大水將會衝破保護整個城市的堤霸。而因為這場即將來臨的災難，每一個人，由王子到乞丐都要面對人性真實的一面。
在這齣劇作中，導演亞里安娜．穆西金選擇由真人模仿日本人形淨琉璃。每個人偶背後有一名穿黑衣的操偶師控制。這些活生生的
“ 人形公仔 ” 為戲劇營造了一種脫離現實的感覺，加強了故事的震撼性，觀眾被帶進一個奇異的世界中。