daptation and performance: Felipe Castro. Coaching: José Lillo
Set design: Natacha Jaquerod. Lighting: Rinaldo Del Boca
Sound: Jean Faravel. Photography: Anouk Schneider
I have within me a thousand pages of nightmares in reserve; the nightmare of war naturally comes first. Weeks of ’14 under the sticky downpours, in that atrocious mud and that blood and that shit, and that human stupidity.
This adaptation of Céline’s most famous work focuses not only on the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism, horror, and misery, but also reveals the author’s humanity—particularly when, after the First World War, we discover him as a doctor, a calling he claimed even before that of writer. Felipe Castro alone plays all the characters, bringing this autobiographical novel back to life with its visceral, muscular language.
The production, created last March, was ranked among Le Temps’ ten “standout picks” of 2025: on stage, a lone actor, Felipe Castro, brilliant in his precision and humility. A dazzling performance.
—Marie-Pierre Genecand, January 2026