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It is a stage adaptation of Pasolini's film Teorema which describes how human body and soul long for redemption and integration. The first scene shows a padre padrone behind the desk, his wife at the window, his brother and sister combing each other's hair and a maid setting the table, while in the background imperious church bells are tolling. This scene is played three times in a row with slight modifications. Subsequently, a mysterious stranger arrives, the bells get quiet and the bodies wake up - the stranger sets everybody free towards desire and despair. Then he disappears as suddenly as he arrived. Jarzyna creates affectionate but also comical images in the seduction scenes. He doesn't reveal the stranger's secret. He skillfully creates a sense of suspension through scraps of secret wishes and dreams. In a short film projected on a screen during the performance some passers-by are asked if miracles happen. In theatre they do and this is one of them. Renate Klett, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The subtlety of Jarzyna's production closely follows the near-wordless film, in which pure emotions and base human urges are rendered with a stunning visual palette. People familiar with Pasolini's work will appreciate the explicitly filmic quality of Jarzyna's play. Each gesture, each small move ment, is captured by the uncannily cinematic lighting design, which gives an understated and riveting aesthetic. The costumes depict iate-sixties European elegance; the music meshes evocatively minimal incidents. (...) The ensemble from TR Warszawa performs with precision and vibrancy. Peter Besley, Lumiere Reading Jarzyna has always been a poet in the theatre, someone who continuously looks for the mystery of existence underthe surface of the social and political. Jacek Kopaîski, Teatr

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