A show about doubt, friendship, honour and responsabilty, by and with eleven actors. After the similarly named film by Iranian cineaste Asghar Farhadi (A Separation).
“I believe that the similarities among the human beings on this earth and its various lands, and among its cultures and its faiths, far outweigh their differences.” (Asghar Farhadi)
Following on from A Separation (2020), STAN makes another foray into the oeuvre of the Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, this time with what film enthusiasts regard as his best film: About Elly. In the spring of 2023 STAN will be working on a play of the same name with a group of eleven actors. The play explores doubt, friendship, honour and responsabilty.
The story unfolds beside the Caspian Sea, where a group of friends is spending a weekend with their children. Among the guests are Elly, the teacher of Sepideh’s young child, and the recently divorced Ahmad, who has only been back from Germany for a few days. Sepideh tries to pair them off. The atmosphere is exuberant. There are lively discussions, they eat, sing, laugh and dance…
A sudden disappearance puts relations between them on edge. We see a group of people wrestling with their morals as the carefree makes way for drama. The solidarity crumbles and individual interests come to the fore.
Which truth is true and for whom? And is the truth really so relevant? Or can a lie be their salvation?
Following on from A Separation (2020), STAN makes another foray into the oeuvre of the Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, this time with what film enthusiasts regard as his best film: About Elly. In the spring of 2023 STAN will be working on a play of the same name with a group of eleven actors. The play explores doubt, friendship, honour and responsabilty.
The story unfolds beside the Caspian Sea, where a group of friends is spending a weekend with their children. Among the guests are Elly, the teacher of Sepideh’s young child, and the recently divorced Ahmad, who has only been back from Germany for a few days. Sepideh tries to pair them off. The atmosphere is exuberant. There are lively discussions, they eat, sing, laugh and dance…
A sudden disappearance puts relations between them on edge. We see a group of people wrestling with their morals as the carefree makes way for drama. The solidarity crumbles and individual interests come to the fore.
Which truth is true and for whom? And is the truth really so relevant? Or can a lie be their salvation?
by and with
- Kes Bakker
- Robby Cleiren
- Jolente De Keersmaeker
- Lukas de Wolf
- Anna Franziska Jäger
- Manizja Kouhestani
- Armin Mola
- Mokhallad Rasem
- Haider Al Timimi
- Scarlet Tummers
- Stijn Van Opstal
concept
- Jolente De Keersmaeker
- Scarlet Tummers
set
- Joé Agemans
- STAN
light
- Luc Schaltin
costumes
- Fauve Ryckebusch
production
- STAN
coproduction
- Toneelhuis
- de Roovers
- Theater Antigone
- Het Laatste Bedrijf
- via Gallop Tax Shelter
with the support of
- de Tax Shelter van de Belgische federale overheid
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