Bajazet - Considering the Theatre and the Plague

(2019)

Genres: Drama

Year: 2019

Runtime: 210 мин

Country: Switzerland, France

Director: Frank Castorf

Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Jean-Damien Barbin, Claire Sermonne, Mounir Margoum, Adama Diop, Andreas Deinert

Plot

Frank Castorf has adapted Racine and combined this material with texts by Artaud. His art of theatrical and vital immoderation explores how, when it comes to this classical French author, the tragedy of existence is born from collusions between private passions and power.