White Card

Serena Sinigaglia directs the multifaceted Rocco Papaleo in a text adapted from the novel by Nobel laureate José Saramago. A society is shaken by an unexpected event: on election day citizens cast blank ballots en masse, throwing the government into panic. In the capital of an unspecified democratic state an exceptional event occurs. On municipal election day citizens flock to the polls and vote blank ballots. The parties are incredulous, disoriented, and the government annuls the vote and calls another. The ballots are repeated but the result is the same: a river of blank ballots. The president proclaims a state of emergency and fills the capital with soldiers, acting somewhat blindly. A secret investigation is opened. And here the protagonist comes into play, the commissioner played by Rocco Papaleo, a highly decorated officer, much appreciated for his shrewdness and discretion. From here Saramago's novel begins — “a caustic, visionary and lucid metaphor of so-called ‘democratic’ societies,” writes Sinigaglia, who also directs the production. Dates: - Tuesday 09 February at 20:30 - Wednesday 10 February at 19:00 - Thursday 11 February at 19:00 - Friday 12 February at 20:30 - Saturday 13 February at 20:30 - Sunday 14 February at 16:30