Noémie Gantier

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel "The Elementary Particles" published 1998. Staged by Théâtre du Nord in 2014. About Michael and Bruno, half-brothers of the same mother, are they like the two halves of a humanity that fails to reconcile its contradictory aspirations? Two lives facing emotional and sexual disorder and disturbance on an everyday basis.

Pauline, Barbara and Jessica have been friends since childhood and still live in the same odd town. They have a common plan: they want to win a lookalike contest. When Pauline decides to take her distance and write her own songs, she upsets the balance of the group.

Heartbroken, Pierre decides to holiday at a seaside hotel. Leaving work and his routine back at home, through his encounters with certain people, he realizes there's a whole new horizon of possibilities open to him. Maybe this is his chance to break out of his melancholy.

Everyone's in shock when esteemed doctor Pierre is found to have killed his wife. 15 years later, released on parole and determined to find the culprit, he is rejected by his sons and only finds support with his daughter, Nina.