(ANSAmed) - MILAN, JANUARY 20 - Can we allow women to wear a
veil in a society that has the secular state and the
emancipation of women as two of its grounding principles? Around
this question mark, which is eventually left unresolved,
revolves the text of the play written by Sabina Negri and
directed by Lorenzo Loris. 'My Daughter Wants to Wear a Veil'
had its premier yesterday evening at Milan's Out Off Theatre,
with repeat performances to run until February 5.
Realised in cooperation with the Teatro Fraschini di Pavia Foundation and the Teatro Out Off, with sponsorship from Extrabanca, the play is a free adaptation from the book by Franco-Algerian journalist Leila Djitli: 'A Letter to My Daughter, who Wants to Wear a Veil'.
The roles of the two women, a mother and daughter, both Algerian in origin, are performed by Caterina Vertova and Alice Torriani. The former, Fatima, has spent a life fighting for integration, freedom, the rights of Muslim women. Her daughter, Jasmine, a twenty-five year old who is about to graduate in medicine, suddenly announces her desire to wear the veil.
Filled with rage, Fatima attempts to overcome her daughter's madness, but ends up by having to impose a ban, while her husband (Alessandro Haber, who is only seen in a video), who has always been estranged from their lives, is called upon for support - to no avail. This lays the groundwork for a scenario exploring the wider themes of relations between the sexes, of independence, of diversity, of faith and of inter-religious cohabitation. It is an inevitable clash, destined to become diffused in the environment of mutual love and respect, but which leaves a trail of open questions in the mind of the onlooker. (ANSAmed).
Realised in cooperation with the Teatro Fraschini di Pavia Foundation and the Teatro Out Off, with sponsorship from Extrabanca, the play is a free adaptation from the book by Franco-Algerian journalist Leila Djitli: 'A Letter to My Daughter, who Wants to Wear a Veil'.
The roles of the two women, a mother and daughter, both Algerian in origin, are performed by Caterina Vertova and Alice Torriani. The former, Fatima, has spent a life fighting for integration, freedom, the rights of Muslim women. Her daughter, Jasmine, a twenty-five year old who is about to graduate in medicine, suddenly announces her desire to wear the veil.
Filled with rage, Fatima attempts to overcome her daughter's madness, but ends up by having to impose a ban, while her husband (Alessandro Haber, who is only seen in a video), who has always been estranged from their lives, is called upon for support - to no avail. This lays the groundwork for a scenario exploring the wider themes of relations between the sexes, of independence, of diversity, of faith and of inter-religious cohabitation. It is an inevitable clash, destined to become diffused in the environment of mutual love and respect, but which leaves a trail of open questions in the mind of the onlooker. (ANSAmed).
