Description

A painter invites a friend into his studio, who finds himself facing two nude models in the middle of a posing session... A plea for self-acceptance.<p> Gaëtan, a middle-aged painter, invites Julien, a young friend of his, to his home. Upon arriving, Julien stumbles into a posing session. Two models, Thomas, a quiet young man, and Robin, a somewhat provocative and eccentric character, are posing nude in Gaëtan's studio. Julien initially tries to slip away, but a discussion ensues among the four men about morality, modesty, nudity, and ultimately, self-acceptance.</p><p> Julien hides a secret beneath his impeccably dressed clothes, but Robin and Thomas don't need to be clothed to also have a troubled past to uncover. Don't these four men ultimately have more to offer each other than they realize?</p><p> Why and for whom do we get naked? What do we hide behind our clothes? Are our soul, our personality protected by the fabric that covers us? How do we see our bodies?</p><p> The play, originally inspired by Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," a novel illuminating the decadence of 19th-century English high society masked by prudishness, plays with different eras and also reads like a detective story: Gaëtan manipulates his little world to bring everyone to where they should be, or at least where the painter wants them to be. But what painting does he want to conjure up before your eyes?</p><p> The body, a mirror of the soul? Four personalities, four men, four experiences and points of view compose this intriguing, nuanced portrait of intimacy, oscillating between insolence, tenderness, and humor...</p>