2024-05-07 01:08:04
The Molières 2024 spotlighted Francis Huster and a play about Iranian exiles, Monday evening, during a ceremony marked by several positions taken against budget cuts.
“Thank you to everyone except the Minister!” said the mistress of ceremonies, comedian Caroline Vigneaux. “You get us back the 204 million euros (less on the culture budget, editor’s note), you don’t touch the intermittency. And we’ll release you in time for the Paris town hall!” she quipped.
An actor from the CGT spectacle also warned against “theater companies (…) bankrupt, tens of thousands of jobs (…) threatened”. “It’s a massive layoff plan that doesn’t speak its name.” Present in the Folies Bergère hall, the minister did not speak, but posted a video at the start of the evening in which she assured that “the intermittent regime (…) must be preserved”.
She also advocated more “collaborations” between public and private theater. The conclusions of a report on the subject are expected this summer. This 35th edition was dedicated “to the memory of Bernard Pivot”, writer and television presenter who died on Monday at the age of 89.
It was also an opportunity for live performance to support the fight against sexist and sexual violence, via the broadcast of a giant trombinoscope on which we could read “You are not alone”. Coincidentally, this Monday was the day on which the indictment of playwright and writer Pierre Notte, named several times at this ceremony in the past, was revealed for the rape of one of his former high school theater students in 2004 in 2005, which he refuted by arguing for a real “love story” with the teenager.
Francis Huster given standing ovation
Receiving an honorary Molière, Francis Huster, 76, praised “the real heroines” of Molière’s plays, his female characters, in a tirade which earned him a standing ovation. And to quote “Agnès, Elvire, Armande, Célimène, Toinette, Nicole, Dorine” who dared “to denounce and triumph over these cowards, Tartuffe rapist, hypocrite Orgon, Arpagon avaricious pervert, Jourdain obsessed with money and sex, Arnolphe predator pedophile, deranged Argan and even Dom Juan, a remorseless killer.”
As for the awards, the play “4.211 km” by Aïla Navidi, which tells the story of the exile of an Iranian family and their fight for freedom, was recognized twice (best private theater show and Molière of revelation female). “The Circle of Dead Poets” inspired, 35 years later, by the film with Robin Williams as a non-conformist professor, received two awards (best director and male revelation for Ethan Oliel).
Vincent Dedienne received the Molière for best actor in a private theater performance for “A Straw Hat from Italy”. On the public theater side, Micha Lescot (“Richard II”) won the prize. The comedian Sophia Aram, who received the Molière for humor, had, shortly before, mentioned the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas. “If we are all here calling for a ceasefire, how can we be in solidarity with the thousands of civilians who died in Gaza without also being in solidarity with the Israeli victims?” she said.
The Molière for actress in a private theater performance was awarded to Cristiana Reali “(A Streetcar Named Desire”). The Molière of the actress in a public theater performance went to Vanessa Cailhol (“Courgette”, who was nominated seven times).
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