The Unforgettables (Les inoubliables)

US premiere

In The Unforgettables (Les inoubliables), 13 women interpret in their written languages the texts of 25 deceased women poets from different continents and eras who never met but nevertheless shared similar sentiments. Across eight scenes they respond to each other, producing a series of conversations about the constraints imposed on women, about wars and struggles, about writing and the boundaries of language, about relationships and the places we occupy in the world. Told in timeless black and white, the poems underline the extent to which the issues they address transcend time and space.

director: Lucile Bertrand, poets: Chika Sagawa, Nella Nobili, Forough Farrokhzâd, Véronique Wautier, Nadine Cail, Alfonsina Storni, Hélène Cadou, Emily Dickinson, May Ayim, Saniya Saleh, Marie-Louise Sibazuri, Esther Nirina, Anna Akhmatova, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Wislawa Szymborska, Zuzanna Ginczanka, Victoria Amelina, Fadwa Tuqan, Anise Koltz, Rose Ausländer, Noémia de Souza, Nāzik al-Malā'ika, Ingeborg Bachmann, Maria Gabriel Llansol, Adrienne Rich, Belgium, 2026, 56 min, in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese & Russian with English subtitles

About the Artist

Born in France, the visual artist Lucile Bertrand lives and works between Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France, since 2001, after having lived for six years in New York. She exhibits regularly in Europe, the USA and Asia.Using a wide range of mediums, Lucile Bertrand explores notions of borders, both physical and imaginary, and invites us to shift our perspective, to relate and exchange.