Trilogie de la révolution

‘Argument against the existence of intelligent life in the Southern Cone’, the first instalment of Santiago Sanguinetti’s ‘Revolution Trilogy’, is a play centred on four exclusively young characters in an enclosed space facing an extreme situation. In the original text, four students plan a triple attack on universities in the Southern Cone (Uruguay, Chile and Argentina) as an inaugural act of direct action to kick-start the social revolution: references to pop culture intersect with the emblematic themes of mid-20th-century Latin American revolutionary thought. It is a veritable playground for political debate, incorporating the ideas of the revolutionary left and critiques thereof, from a contemporary and Latin American perspective. Working closely with the author, who advocates updating the references according to the country where the play is to be staged, I have decided to work on its adaptation.

Our four young French students will be taking on the Sorbonne, the Freie Universität Berlin and King’s College London! In a Parisian flat, references to pop culture – from Keny Arkana, *Taxi Driver* and Daft Punk – will clash with the legacy of the revolutionary thought of May ’68, from Jean-Paul Sartre to Guy Debord! Not to mention the rise of the European far right since the end of the 20th century. So, what remains of our revolutionary legacy from May ’68, once it has been put through the mill of