Play for one woman and one man

“In 1940, Léon Blum, former Prime Minister, was imprisoned by the Vichy government. His latest companion goes from prison to prison, bringing him comfort and tenderness. In 1940, Léon Blum, former President of the Council, is imprisoned by the Vichy government. His latest companion went from prison to prison, bringing him comfort and tenderness. This budding love, in the midst of difficulties, gradually develops into a great passion.

Throughout his imprisonment, Léon Blum gathered together all the arguments he needed to respond to the trial he was facing, and put them together so well that they pleaded in his favour.
To avoid a resurgence in popularity, the trial was adjourned by Philippe Pétain himself. To get him out of prison, Jeanne went so far as to plead his case with Laval, then the grand master of collaboration. They ended up getting married in Buchenwald, in the middle of the chaos, guarded by the SS, who wondered right up to the end whether it would be better to have them shot.

He, a true socialist, concerned for the happiness of the people, full of wit and fighting optimism, and she, in love with him since the age of sixteen, lived a romance from prison to prison against the backdrop of the terrible period from 1940 to 1945. As a playwright, I couldn’t help but be fascinated by this superb love story, so full of surprises, twists and turns, tenderness, humour and humour.” Gérard Savoisien