Faith, Money, War and Love

At the first rehearsals, there was no script, only a deck of cards. Lepage assigned each suit to one of four themes: love, faith, war and money. Four stories emerged from this structure:

1. The story of a woman abandoned as a child, shortly after the Second World War, and raised in a convent. After more than a decade, she leaves West Germany for Paris.
2. The story of a couple from West Germany who spend Valentine’s Day in Baden-Baden shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. There, in a casino, the wife loses her family inheritance.
3. The story of a soldier unable to process the trauma of losing his most loyal comrade-in-arms during a mission in Afghanistan.
4. The story of a gay couple who want to fulfil their dream of having a child through surrogacy.

Improvisations based on the cards created entire worlds, richly varied characters and four interwoven narratives spanning eight decades of German history.

With the kind support of the Quebec Government Office and the Embassy of Canada.

Przy wsparciu Biura Rządu Quebecu i Ambasady Kanady