A legend of French variety, Christophe defines himself above all as a sound seeker. After a piano-voice concert at the Théâtre de Beausobre last November, he grants us a long interview, which will prove to be his last in Switzerland before his death in March.
Ce documentaire est une vraie petite perle.
Announced as the first major event of this theatrical season at Vidy, the European Philosophical Song Contest by Lausanne artists Massimo Furlan and Claire de Ribaupierre aims to put philosophy to music on the stage and thus stimulate critical thinking. Le Regard Libre attended last Friday, and although the show is a masterpiece of staging, the thinking seems little present, or even absorbed by the form of the performance; as a result, one can't help wondering at times, like the Pixies' song: Where Is My Mind?
Twenty-one-year-old Mélanie and her parents have decided to commit assisted suicide together, following Mr.'s cancer and Mrs.'s inability to continue living without him. With Radio Nostalgie playing in the Lausanne tee-room where she works as a waitress, Mélanie tries to mourn. She's trying - which is no mean feat. Everything now refers to her as dead or undead. The city is populated by spirits, the same ones that the young girl she used to be used to ward off in her nights. She begins a relationship with a young man, David, who in a way serves as her mirror and healer.
Patrick Bruel's «c'est ouf» (it's amazing!) and leaps into the air are almost reminiscent of Maître Gims. Worse still, his famous false modesty still sticks to him - that's the second downside.
With her hair now (very) short, wearing an open shirt, black bra and wide-legged pants, the artist shakes up codes and genres.
«We're not messing around with the French language. This approach is demanding, and I like that.»
Multi-instrumentiste , Maxence Léonard s’inscrit dans une veine singulière faite de folk, de chanson française et de musique expérimentale. Rencontre aux Faux Nez de Lausanne.
And the public's selective memory
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