A call from the juvenile brigade about a sexual assault she suffered 30 years ago propels Alma onto the long road to awareness. In a staging that conveys both a mental landscape in full recomposition and a meticulous police investigation, Entre parenthèses tells the story of a child who does not have the words and of a woman who will find them, helped by a psychiatrist who is transforming the care of victims. For Alma is not alone: it is also the story of 72 little girls who filed complaints, of 19 women who testify in the assize court, of their words finally heard.
With this free adaptation of Adélaïde Bon's account, La Petite fille sur la banquise, Pauline Bureau, associate artist at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, continues her exploration of the links between the intimate and the political.