Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-winner director’s movie, The Dreamers is on stage for the very first time in Budapest.
Films, sexuality, devotion, and togetherness compose the body of story; however, all these are surrounded by the events of the student-riots of 1968 in Paris. Matthew is an American student, who gets to know Théo and Isabelle, the eccentric twins in Cinémathique. They soon become close friends and continues meeting even after the scandalous closing of the cinema. Actually, Matthew moves to the twins’ apartment, which becomes the location of strange and unusual events. The twins draw Matthew into their bizarre cinematic games, which are the fulfillments of their sexual desires as well. Thus, the trio starts to play a series of sexually filled games and bets, the stake of which becomes more and more serious. It is dangerous to play with eternity, isn’t it?
The play’s young director, Dicső Dániel's point of view was to create a modern, idealized piece, which keeps classical theatrical traditions but includes cinematic tools and representations. The innovative director deliberately avoided the nowadays fashionable vulgarity and aggressiveness; both of these are preferred in today’s theatrical world. However, intimacy, which is directors’ basic aim in modern plays, usually cannot be reached through offensiveness. The director used Bertolucci’s cultic film as a background to create the atmosphere of his presentation.
Desires, sexuality, devotion are the essence of the play, which are transmitted towards the viewers through the representation of three young people’s fears, happiness, and physical and mental pains. The borders of reality and imagination seem to fade, as the trio lives and play their bittersweet fate.
