Cordélia or the ungrateful flesh

Memories of violence, only, and a story that he told her, always: that of a king, very old and very tired, who decides one day to bequeath his kingdom to his daughters, in exchange for the proof of an unconditional filial love. By creating a parallel between the violent behavior of her father and that of King Lear in the eponymous play by Shakespeare, the young woman tries to reconcile with her intimate history. She understands that this violence, at the heart of the bonds of love and hate that unite her to her father, is rooted in a system of oppression and class domination — and seeks to free herself from it.