Premiere:
It is always nice to want to organize things - what is
more wonderful in life is not rational but emotional.
The two characters in the play by Karine Silla-Perez
will face this flood of emotions. The young woman played
by the lovely Elsa Zylberstein has not been spared by
life. She has learned to live with its cracks and gaps,
sometimes seeking to display a certain hardness to
better conceal its fragility. Abandoned by her father at
age 4, she finally decides to fill the void that lives
and grows in her one evening by visiting a specialist in
missing persons. A subtle play will develop between them
as they expose their overall fear to love. To confront
her past to evaluate the present is a dramatic device
known for developing the nostalgic theme of time
passing. It is precisely this which Karine Silla-Perez
focuses on. If the dialogue seems uneven, it is
nonetheless enjoyable. What undoubtedly is attractive is
a freshness and tenderness in her writing. The words and
feelings evoke happiness in this love story, of course,
but also of death and absence. Make no mistake, if the
emotion is present, we smiled a lot throughout the show.
A beautiful game unites Elsa Zylberstein and Vincent
Perez. At the heart of the games of love, the duo works
well. The actress is disarming in the role of Mary. With
infinite gentleness and talent, she plucks delicately.
Beside her, Vincent Perez, who also directed the play,
is an ideal partner... You will leave the theatre
with a light heart ...
Le Figaro:
The poster for the play presented at the Theatre des
Mathurin, 'Le temps qui passe' by Karine Silla-Perez, is
enticing. Elsa Zylberstein co-stars with Vincent Perez,
who has not been on the stage for twenty years. Problem:
we feel the time passing for one hour and twenty
minutes! I must say it is served by a story that flirts
with boredom. A woman arrives at a detective
specializing in missing persons. She is looking for her
father who abandoned her. The author gets lost in a
wordy pseudo-psychoanalytical-philosophical-poetic.
Endless! The actors involved have merit, but in vain."

"My
return to the theatre is linked to this play, which has
given me the urge. It also corresponds to my desire to
rediscover my roots in the theatre. I want to recapture
the sensation, more than three minutes at a time, when
you spend an hour and a half on the stage. I need this
because it's part of me. I always encouraged
Karine to write. She wrote
this play freely... Karine had Elsa
read the part during the filming of "Un baiser
papillon". There was no question of her not taking on
this role. For rehearsals, we juggled her schedule
because she was shooting a film."

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