In the organizer's words:

"I had a happy life, you know. I didn't have a movie face." Anne-Marie was never really a grande dame of the theater. And not really a beauty either. The big acting career just wouldn't come. She barely made it from the dreary provinces to a suburban theater in Paris. And while her colleague Gigi played the big roles in the cinema, was idolized by celebrity lovers and was surrounded by a host of enchanting grandchildren, Anne-Marie was left with her dull husband and what she considers to be a wayward son. But while Gigi has already passed away, Anne-Marie lives on, stoically enduring the challenges of ageing and her loneliness. Instead of dancing on stage, she now only occasionally hobbles to the nearest supermarket with knee problems and nibbles on truffled cashews. "They say the happiest lives are the ones where nothing much happens . . ."

A tender, melancholy and unsentimental look back at a life between stage and reality, wishful thinking and dashed hopes, illusion and bitterness. And a tribute to the power of the theater.

Price information:

Price category 1: € 32.00 Price category 2: € 28.00 Price category 3: € 25.00