Societies, Cultures and Modern Languages

The showLa Resistenza delle donne, based on the book of the same name, has the rigor of historical reconstruction and the passionate impetus of questions that run through and animate contemporary society. First and foremost, the show examines the place and role of women in the patriarchal society of the 1940s. It also raises the question of the relationship between civil and armed resistance, between the choice or need to fight and the desire for peace.

Third-year LLCER Italian students began by translating Benedetta Tobagi's show. On the one hand, they had to take into account the specific challenges of theatrical translation and the alternation between the narrator's speech and the oral testimony of the resistance fighters. The translation workshop also confronted them with the difficulties inherent in surtitling and the rhythm (musical and textual) of a performance.

The second objective of the project was to put the surtitled show into voice, on stage and to music, so as to be able to present it in a theatre. In this sense, the students worked on expression and creation. They also learned how to promote and defend the project with various institutional, academic and cultural players.

Benedetta Tobagi's text La Résistance des femmes was translated and set to voice by Giulia Alessandro, Élise Begey, Manon Clément, David Gaya, Giada Mancuso, Eve Moro, Lilou Terracol and Marine Valentin, under the direction of Armelle Girinon.
Musical interludes were composed and performed by Emmanuelle Legros.
Photos were taken by Michel Morin and Corinne Manchio.