Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse [2000]
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Résumé Unemployed, but earnest, Simon Labrosse invites the public to witness a few scenes from his life. His friends, Leo the dark poet and Nathalie the personal
development fanatic, do the best they can in their various supporting roles, while Simon shares his countless infallible plans for what he terms his reinsertion into public life. In turn, he is an emotional stunt man, finisher of sentences, ego enhancer and emptiness eradicator. He desperately tries to find his place in society and struggles feverishly and derisively against the system that is smothering him. A tightrope walker of modern times, he is engaged in a constant balancing act between the comic nature of his existence and the tragic tone of his immense solitude. Extrait « LÉO : And the morning and the evening were the third day, and Simon saw that it was goo - goo - (He can't say the word "good", so he moves on.) On the morning of the fourth day, the Canadian dollar is valued at seventy-three cents American, and Simon realises that he has knocked on exactly seventy-three doors during the past month, looking for employment. Simon says to himself, "That's a goo - goo - an omen. Today is going to be my luh - luh - luh -" … » Revue de presse « Together, Simon, Nathalie and Leo create an hilarious comedy, that veers from slapstick to droll. But there is another play operating simultaneously with this comedy. It is a play about a battle of creative minds to conquer despair,(…). » Paul Gessel, The Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 2001. |