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The theater program of the City of Cartagena in the New Theater Circus concludes this Thursday May 4 with 'Héroes', a hilarious and moving comedy by Gérald Sibleyras that pays homage to the elderly through three veterans of war starring Juan Gea, Luis Varela and Iñaki Miramón.
There are still places for the show, which will be at 9:30 p.m.
The story is set in a military hospital in France in 1959, where three retired military personnel spend their last days locked in verbal battles and reflecting on their lives.
Henri has a disabled leg, Gustave suffers from agoraphobia and Philippe suffers fainting from a piece of shrapnel lodged in his brain.
Their camaraderie becomes tense when one of them proposes an escape plan.
"Three solitudes that are in that residence waiting for the time that they last and to be able to take that they hate and they love, but they are needed, they have to be together and to be excited with stories, adventures and objectives", commented Juan Gea in a recent interview for Present the assembly.
Juan Gea, Luis Varela and Iñaki Miramón are three outstanding actors who keep the public alive for an hour and a half.
Fascinating each one in his role, where each one is counting his battles, in many occasions before the laughter of the public.
The protagonists of 'Heroes' are three veterans of war who spend their last days in Paris (1959), in a residence of veterans of war.
It is a military hospital that has a pleasant garden terrace with a fountain and a stone statue in memory of a dog.
This inanimate being, together with Sister Madeleine - who never appears on the scene but who is the authoritarian hand of the nursing home - are permanently present in the lives of the three veterans, Henri, Gustav and Philippe, embodied by Luis Varela, Juan Gea and Iñaki Miramón, respectively.
Henri limps with one leg, Gustave suffers from agoraphobia (fear of going out and relating to others) and Philippe suffers from frequent fainting caused by a piece of shrapnel that is still lodged in his brain.
Their journeys are monotonous, boring, foreseeable, and only take them out of that vicious circle the discussions about the old battles waged by the three, their opposing views on the day-to-day common and the harsh criticism they give to Sister Madeleine, Which Henri does not always share.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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