A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.
Directed byStéphane Metge



Featuring

Patrice Chéreau
Self

Pascal Greggory
Self

Bryn Terfel
Self(Leporello)
Lella Cuberli
Self(Donna Anna)

Catherine Malfitano
Self(Donna Elvira)

Daniel Barenboim
Self(Conductor of 'Don Giovanni')
Roberto De Candia
Self(Leporello)
Paul Groves
Self(Don Ottavio)

Vesselina Kasarova
Self(Zerlina)

Matti Salminen
Self(Commandatore)


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