THEATRE
“Do the dead dream? And if they dream… Could you please dream about me again?”
In the fifties, Jimmy, the homosexual hairdresser, comes to life in the dream of a homophobic American general. It is in his salon that he meets Mitchell, a soldier he falls deeply in love with. At the exact moment he is about to kiss the man he loves for the first time, the general’s heart stops beating… and Jimmy remains suspended, frozen, in that precise moment, filled with an exquisite sensation of pure pleasure. Fifty years later, time starts ticking again and Jimmy comes back to life, this time, to his despair, imprisoned in the dreams of a Montreal actress who falls frantically in love with him. In the actress’s wild, erotic and absurd dreams, his face and body are transformed, metamorphosing him into a strange creature of uncertain gender. His most ardent desire is to escape the logic of the dreams that imprison him so he can finally find his way back to his lost love.
Running time : 65 minutes, without intermission – Age recommandation : 14 ans et plus – Languages : French or English
CREDITS
Written, directed and performed by Marie Brassard
A Infrarouge production
In coproduction with the Festival TransAmériques (Montréal)
photos © Marlène Gélineau-Payette – Jimmy, créature de rêve 2001 © Simon Guilbault