Je viendrai moins souvent • La Seizième

Camille moves to Montreal at the age of 22. At the very same moment, Pauline, her 92-year-old grandmother, is moved to a long-term care facility. Both uprooted, losing their bearings. Their visits allow them both to encounter Pauline’s decline and her unraveling memories. The granddaughter decides to gather her grandmother’s words, allowing her to tell her story before she can no longer do so.

In this adaptation of her podcast Quelqu’une d’immortelle, Camille Paré-Poirier brings to life her last conversations with her grandmother. Between personal audio archives and unavoidable ethical observations, the Quebecois creator conveys in an intimate setting the inevitable and overwhelming nature of grief. An honest account of caregiving in the face of a healthcare system that has most definitely lost its grip.

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“This support, sometimes enlightening and often painful, allows the author to articulate a moving reflection with admirable honesty on memory and lineage, aging and illness, boredom and anger, death and mourning.” — Le Devoir

“A universal story that touches the heart, a window into the treatment of elderly people and those intergenerational relationships that are rarely discussed.” — Atelier 10

“The set design, Camille's performance, […] in its great, great simplicity […] further highlights the depth of her reflection on aging and the work of caregivers.” — Il restera toujours la culture, Radio-Canada

“Camille Paré-Poirier, in her own understated way, accomplishes a great deal [...]: poignantly, she manages to honor the irreducible uniqueness of a woman while delicately expanding the reflection towards the dizzying, political, and existential questions raised by death.” — atuvu.ca

Credits

Text and performance Camille Paré-Poirier
Direction and dramaturgical advice Nicolas Michon
Assistant direction Marilou Huberdeau
Sound design and stage management Marie-Frédérique Gravel
Lighting design Julie Basse
Set and costumes design Camille Barrantes
Technical direction and stage management Romane Bocquet
Production management Suzie Bilodeau
Surtitles translation Gilles Poulin-Denis
Tour management La Messe Basse
Co-distribution Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
Support Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada

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