A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.
Patrice Chéreau
as Self
Pascal Greggory
as Self
Bryn Terfel
as Self(Leporello)
Lella Cuberli
as Self(Donna Anna)
Catherine Malfitano
as Self(Donna Elvira)
Daniel Barenboim
as Self(Conductor of 'Don Giovanni')
Roberto De Candia
as Self(Leporello)
Paul Groves
as Self(Don Ottavio)
Vesselina Kasarova
as Self(Zerlina)
Matti Salminen
as Self(Commandatore)
Ferruccio Furlanetto
as Self(Don Giovanni)
