Trop beau pour y voir

Trop beau pour y voir explores the history of chlordecone, a pesticide used in French West Indies banana plantations until 1994.

This pesticide was used even though it had been banned in the USA as early as 1975, and classified as a probable carcinogen by the WHO since 1979. We follow the family of Lyne, a farm worker from Guadeloupe, as they gather for the wake and funeral of Lyne's son Josuah, who died of prostate cancer. Different tableaux weave in parallel, mythical, invented or historical, exploring from Adam and Eve onwards the collective choices made in relation to agriculture and pesticides, which have led us here. To this funeral. This play, both documentary and offbeat, stages a grand baroque and Creole fresco, from the Garden of Eden to the Élysée Palace, blending historical and fictional characters, with humor and gravity.