Laurent Contamin
auteur, metteur en scène, comédien
Knightly Vigil

It's june and, like every year in this seaside village near Calais, one prepares the solstice festival.

But there are, this very year, some new data :

Firstable, the police roundups against illegal immigrants are becoming tougher and tougher ; then, the new mayor asks for a brighter cultural and historical heritage visibility  during the celebration. And - last but not least - old Jean-Baptiste disappeared : did he get lost ? Did he flee ? Could he have been kidnapped ?

His son, in charge of security in the Chunnel, and his grand daughter, who occasionally hear unknown voices talking to her, pursue investigations...

 

Characters : 1 man - 4 women

Duration : about 100 mn

 

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