D’Eckmühl à Eckmühl
Franche Connexion
7 – 29 July 2023 at 16h
Théâtre de l'Adresse « Diffusion », 2 avenue de la Trillade, Avignon
Eckmühl is a lighthouse in Brittany; Eckmühl is a district of Oran in Algeria.
Two places, one family. A story: that of my grandmother leaving her gypsy caravan to board a ship, leave Brittany and arrive in Algeria. The birth of my father.
A grandmother’s confession to her grandson, the secret revealed, a world of certainty collapsing. The urge to travel, to clear away the sand, to remember, to find the trail again.
To find that young girl again, and her meeting with my grandfather, my father’s father… Unless…