LE VILLAGE DE L'ALLEMAND (OU LE JOURNAL DES FRÈRES SCHILLER)

For this second carte blanche evening, the Les Asphodèles du Colibri company presents its new creation Le Village de l?Allemand, adapted from the novel by Boualem Sansal. A powerful text that fights against oblivion, amnesia and Holocaust denial, to leave room for the transmission of memory.

The novel was originally written by Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, and published in 2008, winning numerous literary prizes. Inspired by a true story about a place nicknamed "The Village of the German", it tells the story of Rachel and Malrich, two brothers born to an Algerian mother and a German father.

In 1994, the GIA massacred part of the population of the village of Aïn Deb, near Sétif, where their parents lived. For the two sons, their grief was to be compounded by a far more excruciating pain: the revelation of what their father had been, this German who held the prestigious title of moudjahid...

A powerful exploration of identity, heritage and responsibility, Le Village de l'Allemand poses a central question: "Are we accountable for the crimes of our parents?

For audiences aged 14 and up
Running time 1h30

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