"La Fleur au fusil" de Lionel Cécilio Festival Avignon 2025

"La Fleur au fusil" by Lionel Cécilio Successful at the Festival Avignon 2025 and 2024. Press and public acclaim

On 25 April 1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal brought down the longest dictatorship in Europe. Thousands of Portuguese men and women marched together towards their destiny, writing a sublime story of unity, love and peace.
These men and women won their freedom without a drop of blood being shed. It's the story of a democracy won by the unity of a people and won with flowers.
When her grandson asks her about her life, Céleste, a Portuguese emigrant in France, recalls past memories of her youth, muzzled by Salazar's dictatorship...

"Bravo for the performance. The play is magnificent" RegArts
"It's captivating! A must-see, such is the poignancy of the performance" Vivant Mag
"A great moment of theatre" Classique en Provence