Blik

• Duration: 1 h 15
• South Korea - France
• For all
• 1433 vues

In the middle of nowhere, two border guards brought low by boredom, solitude and booze vainly scan the horizon, awaiting the unlikely arrival of a visitor. As the last surviving traces of a society gone to seed, they find themselves locked in a spiral of madness in these violently claustrophobic and patently absurd surroundings. Until…

Against a backdrop consisting of little more than a guard post and a scattering of recycled objects (bicycle, television, telephone, etc.), Blik is a tragi-comedy which uses humour to offer a sly take on some serious subjects. Blik is all that survives of the word republik. This border, this passage, this dividing line marks the separation between two territories, a source of wild dreams and irrational fears. A line not to be crossed, an impossible transgression… This dark force brings humanity’s vices and weaknesses to the fore, with a sense of burlesque exaggeration which ultimately offers a more nuanced, sympathetic and fraternal vision of us as individuals.

Geung Ho Nam and Laurent Clairet join forces for an unusual theatrical adventure, exploring the inner workings of tragi-comedy. Words are used sparingly, giving full rein to a visual, gestural theatre where silence speaks volumes.