Description

The cry of hope from youth as a response to the barbarity of war. Inspired by true events.<div> "At night, to forget, we gather to dance in secret in a barn. There, the swing music sounds like a rebellion!"</div><div><br></div><div> 1944. Four childhood friends, Anne-Marie, Jean, André, and Eugénie, find themselves confronted with their own convictions in order to survive in wartime. To resist, not to collaborate, to dance, to love—is it possible under the bombs?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> This play illustrates the fierce will to live of young people during World War II. Exploring rarely depicted aspects of the war, its engaging and complex characters invite us to judge their choices under German occupation. Faced with famine and oppression, what place can be found for family, friendship, and love?</div><div><br></div><div> This fictional work is inspired by the real lives of the author's grandparents, Anne-Marie and Jean Partiot, early members of the French Resistance.</div>