Article 353 of the Penal Code

Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 18, boulevard Saint-Martin

After magnifying on stage the novel Maylis de Kerangal’s Réparer les vivants, Emmanuel Noblet seizes another masterpiece of contemporary French literature, Article 353 du Code pénal, by Tanguy Viel. The port of Brest, the investment dreams of the town’s inhabitants, bankruptcy, scam… The setting of this Finistère crime novel is laid out. For having thrown Antoine Lazenec’s body into the sea, Martial Kermeur has just been arrested by the police. Before the judge (portrayed by Emmanuel Noblet alternating with Philippe Baronnet), he recounts the course of the events that led him to m…