Article 353 of the Penal Code

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

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