Made in France

After all this time waiting for it behind bars, Émile has finally been granted his modified sentence. Starting tomorrow, he’ll spend his days at the factory and his nights in the detention center—enough to make him dream of an early release for good behavior. The problem: the factory where he’s about to work is relocating. Émile has no choice left. To save himself, he must become the best union organizer, save the factory, his coworkers, and—perhaps, along the way—the entire country.

Made in France is a play that tells the story of men and women willing to do anything to save French industry… well… anything, except actually do something.

Samuel Valensi is a playwright and director. He founded the theater company La Poursuite du Bleu in 2014. He is notably the author of Coupures (2021), co-starring Paul-Éloi Forget, himself a writer, actor, and acrobat. Since 2015, Forget has participated in numerous theatrical productions (Des Souris et des Hommes, Merlin, Le Seigneur des porcheries, etc.)