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The Cardinal family has come together to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the birth of the eldest child. While each member of the family experiences a personal drama witnessed only by the audience, a family saga takes shape, transporting the spectator from the America of John F. Kennedy to the war in Afghanistan. As secrets are revealed, the members of this ostensibly united family pull the audience into a world where the pursuit of happiness confronts the trials and tribulations of life. A captivating tale where the past and the present clash during the course of a very contemporary family road trip.

Inspired in part by a stay in Afghanistan where he worked on a documentary for the National Film Board, Claude Guilmain questions our fascination with the American dream and its consequences on our relation to the world. After L’Implorante, presented at Zones Théâtrales in 2011, the Théâtre la Tangente continues its impressive formal research with this new work.