Responding to the SOS of his colleague Mitra Kadivar in late 2012, the psychoanalyst Jacques-Alain Miller tries, by exchanging letters, to get her released from a psychiatric hospital in Teheran where she is being wrongly held. With this striking correspondence, Jorge León conceives an ambitious project and makes Mitra the tragic figure of feminine heroism in a show combining opera, documentary cinema and installation. The lyrical voice of threatened speech.
Coproduction KunstenfestivaldesArts, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Théâtre de Liège, De Munt/La Monnaie, Present Perfect vzw, The GMEM Marseille, Actoral Marseille, Les films de Force Majeure Marseille Soutien International Film Festival Marseille FID, Camargo Foundation, IRCAM, CNC DICRéAM, Thank you & Good Night Production, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement fédéral de Belgique
