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Citizen Lear

« Citizen Lear », seeks to reveal the triangular relation between the director, André Engel, the actor, Michel Piccoli and the character of King Lear. Piccoli and Engel speak freely of the play, why it took them 12 years to decide to take the challenge, why they were reluctant and afraid of doing it and how they view it now.
The film focuses on the theatrical work and the anxious and fragile relation between the director, who gives his “interpretation” of the play, and the actor, who cannot limit himself to an intellectual approach and work in a register which is much less rational, something intangible.
Contrasting with the images of Piccoli and Engel’s confidences during a lunch break directly on the set, will be shown the work on the set during rehearsals in which the actor is immersed in the play.