I'm Deranged
France
Directing & Text
Mina Kavani
What decisions does a person who goes into exile make? What do they see ahead of them? What do they leave behind? Where are they on their way to?
Language
French with German & English surtitles
Duration
60 min
Location
Hellerau
Festspielhaus Hellerau
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
01109 Dresden
Großer Saal
Dates
more about the artist
According to the dictionary, living in exile means living “in a foreign country” or “in banishment”: caused either by being expelled by the state, being threatened in one’s own country or as the result of “self-chosen” emigration due to political circumstances at home that threaten one’s own safety. Those who go into exile have to reinvent themselves – they have to look for a place that will take them, find a place that will take them – start their lives over – put down new roots. In the many debates about the consequences of global migration, people often deliberately ignore the fact that states discriminate against and persecute their own populations – their own and / or members of other populations – or threaten them with death.
Mina Kavani was born in Tehran into a family of artists, studied Acting in Paris and for while commuted between her home country Iran and France for her job. One scene in a film from 2015 by the director Sepideh Farsi was the reason Kavani had to leave Iran and has lived in exile in France ever since. Life under dictatorship and censorship, inner exile and living in exile in a foreign country, the dream of a free life and the loss of the surroundings she grew up in are the themes of this remarkable monologue. Kavani’s powerful story gives us a glimpse inside many hearts and minds. Her production, both poetic and purist, creates space for a personal fate shared by many others, who always have the dictatorship snapping at their heels.
With Mina Kavani
Text & Directing Mina Kavani
Artistic Collaboration Maksym Teteruk Scenography Clemence Kazemi Music Siavash Amini Sound Design Cinna Peyghamy Lighting Design Marco Giusti Stage Management & Lighting Director Pierre-Eric Vives Administration & Production Christelle Guillotin Photos Laura Severi, India Lange (Portrait Mina Kavani)
Production Grosse Theatre Coproduction Le Manège (Maubeuge), TU-Nantes Residency support by Montévideo (Marseille), Le Manège (Maubeuge), TU-Nantes
With the support from Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire
Special thanks go to Jean-Damien Barbin
he performances in the framework of Fast Forward take place with the kind support from the Institut français and the French Ministry of Culture.