2024/12/30 by Fornaro, Sotera
paper · doi:10.13136/esf4yr46
Stefano Fortin’s Cenere, directed by Giorgina Pi and staged at the 2024 Biennale Teatro, narrates an inconsolable solitude and an author who questions the meaning of his own words. The word cenere (ash), which gives the text its title, has an evocative and metaphorical value, for which we need to reference the documentary cinema of Werner Herzog. The article also highlights the thematic connections with Florian Zeller’s The Son, a play portraying the distress of a generation that accuses their fathers of stealing their future and hope. KEYWORDS: Stefano Fortin; Giorgina Pi; Biennale Teatro 2024; volcano; Werner Herzog