La Manékine

Adaptation of the tale La Jeune Fille without hands by the Brothers Grimm Pour To obtain wealth, a miller yields to the devil “what is behind his mill.” He thinks he is selling his apple tree, but sacrifices his daughter to it. Victim of this pact, the young girl finds herself amputated of her hands and leaves her home to wander, thus becoming the Manekine—a silhouette without hands. To tell her story, a puppeteer and a musician take hold of this initiatory narrative. On stage, the duo embraces the paradox of becoming the hands of the "handless" one. Playing with cabaret codes between burlesque and poetry, these two artists combine instruments (clarinets, accordion, drums, vocals), shadow play, masks, and puppets to show how she regains her freedom to act and to love.