"Ah! strike your heart, that is where genius is. That is where pity, suffering and love are; That is where the rock of the desert of life is..." These poignantly beautiful verses were born under the pen of the poet and playwright Alfred de Musset.

Let's pay tribute to his creation, in readings! Let's go and meet his prose, his verses , his tirades, and his most intimate thoughts, while retracing the course of his life: from his first writing "To my mother", to the dialogues between the poet and his muse, through his sulphurous correspondence with George Sand.

Let us return to the truth and the genius of words, to the romanticism, the debauchery, and the pain which punctuated the life of Alfred de Musset!

The Artists

Author : Alfred Musset

Directed by : Violette Ruiz

Cast : Violette Ruiz (reader), Diane Lotus (reader)