Commentaire d’amour

Commentaire d’amour by Jean-Marie Besset
English translation by Jean-Marie Besset and Christopher Ashley
With Mary Stuart Masterson and Josh Hamilton
Directed by Jean-Marie Besset, winner of the 2005 Grand Prix du Théâtre of the Académie Française.

Commentaire d’amour by Jean-Marie Besset chronicles three years in the lives of Guillaume and Mathilde, childhood friends who reunite after the death of the love of his life. In this dramatic comedy, the complexity of male-female relationships is explored when Guillaume chooses to love again, jeopardizing his friendship with Mathilde.

In English

“When it comes to love, only few can see, few can paint, few dare to say; Besset has the talent, the audacity and the sensibility." –Frédéric Ferney, Le Figaro
Note: This production is part of Act French: A Season of New Theater From France.