War does not have a woman's face

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On stage, women transformed by war. The Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich — Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 — collects the testimonies of Soviet female fighters during World War II. Julie Deliquet, new director of Théâtre National de La Colline, gives voice to their stories in a vibrant chorus that resonates with those of all women, of all wars. In the spring of 1975, in a Soviet communal apartment, a young journalist collects the stories of women from across the Soviet Union who, as teenagers, joined the armies…