Writing about Marguerite Duras is heresy. Nothing does it justice. Nothing can capture the destructive, redemptive charge, the sheer presence of Literature that she carries in her work. Duras is such a totality. It's language beyond words, moments of infinite pain, infinite beauty, infinite passion.

In addition to her colossal and incomparable literary work, Duras also transformed cinema and theater. Here, there's no pretense to encapsulate the countless identities of the artist, but a desire to observe her in action. In three television and film productions, several facets are revealed. Duras the politician and journalist in the short cult sequence from the magazine Dim Dam Dom; Les Lycéens ont la parole. Duras the playwright and director in Savannah Bay, c'est toi. Duras the literary figure and filmmaker in Marguerite Duras: du mot à l'image. A very brief, but fascinating, journey into the Durassian continent.

Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk Artistic Director

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