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Can you continue to love each other when everything seems to be against you?<div> In occupied Paris, Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais lived a love story as passionate as it was tumultuous. While one fascinated Parisian high society and maintained ambiguous relations with the authorities, the other dreamed of joining the Resistance. Between admiration, jealousy, creativity, and heartbreak, their relationship unfolded during one of the most turbulent periods in French history.</div><div><br></div><div> Around them gravitate mythical figures such as Édith Piaf, Coco Chanel, and Mila Parély, witnesses and sometimes participants in this extraordinary human and artistic adventure. It is within this constant tension that one of the greatest masterpieces of French cinema was born: Beauty and the Beast.</div><div><br></div><div> The Terrible Lovers offers a fresh perspective on two 20th-century legends, exploring both their intimacy and the contradictions of an era where love, art, and political choices collide.</div><div> Written by Carole Giacobbi and Stéphane Vauthier, the play will be published by L'Avant-Scène Théâtre at the start of the 2026 school year.</div><div><br></div>