by Daniela Morelli
drama adaptation Daniela Morelli, Gigi Di Luca
directed by Gigi Di Luca
with Pamela Villoresi, Dalal Suleiman, Marzouk Mejri
scenes Luigi Ferrigno
costumes Giovanna Napolitano
light Design Gianni Netti
production Fondazione Campania dei Festival – Teatro Festival Italia
in co-production with La Bazzarra
World premiere
Language italian
Country Italia
running time: 1h10 min
Venue Museo Nazionale di Pietrarsa (Arena)
Dates
19/06/2013 ore 22:00
20/06/2013 ore 22:00
With Nata sotto una pianta di datteri Gigi Di Luca directs again Pamela Villoresi after the success of Memorie di una schiava. Freely adapted from the novel Yusdra e la città della sapienza by Daniela Morelli, it is the story of Leyla, an almost blind woman, matriarch of a nomadic tribe, who led her people on the move and also guided their inner journey, and Yusdra, her favorite niece, consigned by Leyla to the West when she was still a child. Both were born under a date tree, a sign of destiny, which indicates them as the keepers of the ancient knowledge the tribe has passed on from generations. Between them there is a man, a storyteller of their lies and truth, a thug provocateur, the prying eye that forces the poet matriarch to a confession and the young woman, dispossessed of her identity, to a decision. «The work – says the director – moves from my need to give voice to popular feelings, to that sphere of intimacy in which they live violent contradictions and where continues the search for their own identity».
