Cette colline n'est jamais vraiment silencieuse

Cette colline n’est jamais vraiment silencieuse is a loose adaptation of the myth of Sisyphus by Gabriel Charlebois Plante. The director proposes a reparation for the punishments that we inflict upon ourselves and against our will. Such is an attempt to bring about a shared liberation from everything that weighs down daily life and prevents love of oneself and of others. Cette colline n’est jamais vraiment silencieuse, is a continuation of a work begun by Gabriel Charlebois Plante as part of Le Cid in 2018. This new work with its set design that is both minimalist (a single source of lighting) and ambitious (five tons of rocks on stage) is the product of three years of research. The author’s creation process is the subject of a documentary film by director Sophie Bédard-Marcotte and produced by the National Film Board. Freely inspired by the myth of Sisyphus, the director sets out to achieve atonement for and with the audience. From the obsessive thoughts that wake us at night, to the inner recesses to which we turn, there is always a Sisyphus that lies dormant, yet relentlessly on guard, within us. With a view to regaining power over what overwhelms us, the director here offers a rereading where the gods are just as chained to punishment. If Sysiphus is condemned to carry out an absurd task for eternity, then there is certainly a jailer condemned to watch him. There is a punishment for both, as if we were recasting the idea of power, the idea of what overwhelms us, not as an absolute force, but as an immaterial and eternal coexistence. « With humour and according to a logic of turned tables, a multitude of Sisyphuses on stage manage to thwart the punishments of everyday life by blurring the boundaries between jailer and prisoner. »