Before moma dramatic comedy where 12 women of Egyptian origin take turns at the bedside of a dying patriarch, Nathalie Doummar had written The wolf, a piece as short as it is intimate in which a man and a woman draw up the painful toll of 30 years of living together. Donald, 67, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, understanding that he benefits from a flash of lucidity, undertakes to tell Solange, 55, the whole truth. Assailed with remorse and regrets, hoping that his spouse will benefit from the years he has left, he confesses the multiple daily violences he has subjected her to. Without evasions, bluntly, avoiding didacticism, but skilfully using humor, the playwright exposes the ravages of patriarchy, the impact of male domination on the destiny of an entire family. As tense as it is sensitive, believable right down to its astonishing conclusion, the face-to-face, where it is particularly a question of marriage, pregnancy, health, work and self-image, draws liberating tears.
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