The deeply moving story of Jeanne Hébuterne—muse and companion to Amedeo Modigliani—shines a light on this unrecognized painter. Through poetic and sensitive writing, Gil Pidoux restores Jeanne’s voice: her passionate love for “Modi,” her own canvases overshadowed by the genius of her partner, her shattered fate—but also her aura, her strength and vulnerability, her laughter, her desires, and her unfulfilled dreams.
Weaving together intimate confidences, reinvented memories, and bursts of song, this play revives the intensity and absolute love of a woman forgotten by Art History.
A vibrant performance where art, life, and death intertwine, brought to life by Magali Leon’s performance, Gil Pidoux’s voice, and David Olocco’s music.
A Word from the Author:
“What is it that drives us to madness? That makes us discard the reason of books, laws, dogmas, and catechisms? The poor reason of simply letting oneself live. What happens when we submit, when we obey the cold, decisive spark of our own demise? Oh, we can talk about it. We will always talk about it. That is what words are for. To try to come to terms with mystery. To fathom the unknown. To rid ourselves of the incomprehensible.”
Here, the author gives voice to a young pregnant woman questioning the portrait of Jeanne, whose short life is gradually revealed.
A profound bond between women and future mothers forms between the living and the departed, connected by a shared love for life, creation, and painting, as well as the mystery of birth. This evocation of Jeanne Hébuterne’s life is more of a quest than an inquiry. A quest for the meaning of the life that gives life, the answer to which can only be found within one’s own flesh, and in the relentless debate of one’s own thoughts.