Je demande la route
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| 16 EUR, red. 8 EUR |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| French with German surtitles |
| Duration: 90 min |
| Subtitles |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Part of: AFRIKAMERA |
6 pm
Welcome by Moussa Sawadogo, Festival Director and Lavinia Frey, Humboldt Forum
Text, Direction:
Stéphane Eliard, Roukiata Ouédraogo
actress:
Roukiata Ouédraogo
artistic collaboration:
Ali Bougheraba
The Burkinabe author and actress Roukiata Ouédraogo recounts with much mockery and self-irony her life’s journey, rich in adventures, which has led her from elementary school in Burkina Faso to the stages of Paris. JE DEMANDE LA ROUTE is an initiatory journey into a world full of rawness and a reflection on cultural differences that is both witty and sensitive. Her arrival in France as a penniless migrant, a professional career without a school diploma ranging from a casual job to attending the famous acting school at the Cours Florent: Ouedrago takes her fate into her own hands. JE DEMANDE LA ROUTE turns this personal testimony into an epic that is both funny and moving.
Director
born in 1979 in Burkina Faso, went to Paris after high school to study fashion design. However, following various jobs, she trained as an actress and, upon graduation in 2008, directed Yennenga, the epic of the Mossé. In 2012, she created a one-woman show called Ouagadougou pressé, in which she talks in particular about herself and immigration. This show was shown in 2015 in various cities in West Africa and then throughout France. In 2015, she created her third work Roukiata tomb le masque, in which she deals with the cultural differences between Africa and France, as well as issues such as female genital mutilation. Her most recent production Je demande la route premiered in Paris at the Théâtre du Lucernaire in January 2018.