Watch a legendary director turn Shakespeare into living, breathing chaos.
Patrice Chéreau has chosen fragments of two plays by Shakespeare, Richard III and Henri VI, to offer them to student actors in a class at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris. The purpose is a show, presented at the Manufacture des Œillets. Without comment nor interview, Stéphane Metge follows this work, from the first readings to the "general".
Direction
Chéreau's relentless, surgical precision with actors.
Editing
Metge's invisible hand lets chaos breathe.
Director
Stéphane Metge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chéreau was already legendary for his 1994 Bayreuth Ring cycle — this film captures him at peak influence, shaping France's next generation.
The Manufacture des Œillets was the Conservatoire's experimental space; Chéreau chose it deliberately for its raw, provisional energy matching his method.
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