Che dolore terribile è l’amore
An open wound that continues to torment two friends, a dark moment in the history of South Korea, the impossibility of coming to terms with the past: through the words of the Nobel-Prize author Han Kang, Daria Deflorian continues her exploration of the sense of loss, the abyss, and the fragility of human nature.
The latest of Daria Deflorian’s encounters with Han Kang returns to the Teatro Studio Melato in its definitive form, following the preview, in the form of a work in progress, as part of the Presente Indicativo | Milano Crocevia Festival. In her novel We Do Not Part, the Nobel-Prize author takes on one of the darkest moments in the recent history of South Korea: the bloody repression of the Jeju uprising, in 1948.
It is the story of two friends, Kyungha and Inseon, and the mother of one of them, bound by the desire to not forget, to not part from those who, tragically, are no longer with us. Kyungha is obsessed with a recurring dream: a great cemetery overlooking the sea, an expanse of tree trunks, some burnt, relentless snow and a sea that is slowly rising, threatening to sweep away the tombs, tombstones and remains of those buried there. One day she receives a message from Inseon, who lives on the island of Jeju: she was injured while woodworking, and has been transported to the mainland, but she left a small bird at home who risks starving to death...
Daria Deflorian explores and examines this disturbing work, sharing Han Kang’s refusal to reduce tragedies merely to the names of the cities and the number of deaths. In order to approach a past that refuses to pass, one needs to abandon oneself to the fragility of humanity and to everything that, inevitably, touches us.
Duration: 1 hour and 25 minutes without intermission
