GANGSTERS’ PARADISE by Hervé Blutsch, translated to Romania by Nicolae Weisz, opens at Cluj-Napoca National Theatre on Saturday, 11 December 11 2010, at 7 pm. The production is directed by Răzvan Mureşan. Set design: Adrian Damian. Video: Marius Mureşan. Illustrations: Rareş Cosma. Choreography: Tudor Mercea. The production is the last title of the "2010 - The Year of Comedy" Program.
The cast (in order of appearance): Maxence: Miron Maxim; Clamince: Cristian Grosu; The Chief Doctor, The Manager of the Prison, after that, a dog, Rex: Radu Lărgeanu; Mental patient 1 / A man at the bar / A pimp: Silvius Iorga; Andréa, a whore, after that, a mother: Patricia Boaru; Alexandre Chemillot, Police inspector: Ovidiu Crişan; The father: Petre Băcioiu; The mother: Ileana Negru; The daughter / A beginner whore: Romina Merei; Hélène, a dancer: Anca Hanu; Brima, a black man: Aka Atta Guy Martial; Elise, o a widow: Irina Wintze; The spectator: Ruslan Bârlea; Jean Eudes, chef of the local mob: Dragoş Pop; and the students: Ana Şuşca, Vlad Bîrzeanu, Răzvan Bănuţ; violinist: Ionuţ Cristian Bugnar.
Hervé Blutsch develops his comedy Gangster’s Paradise using themes specific to the film noir: the escape of two cannibal killers, a cavalcade of murders and many shootings. The list of characters also contains, in addition to the two cannibals, decayed police officers, a cabaret dancer with a blunt leg, a prison manager who gradually transforms into a dog, as the play is made of a rapid succession of almost overlapping short sequences with a kaleidoscopic effect.
