Longhi and Vertova grappling with ‘The hand of destiny’ at the Manzoni theater in Rome

Is the ‘hand of fate’ guiding events? Surely those narrated by the contemporary French writer Alain Teulie in the romantic drama of the same name, ‘The hand of destiny’, in fact, staged until March 20 at the Manzoni theater in Rome starring Caterina Vertova and Pietro Longhi, who is also the director of the Roman theater artistic, directed by Marco Carniti, with the two actors who move in a scenographic space with large tarps raised and lowered to represent the inside of their torn hearts. The two play the roles of two old lovers who find each other a long time apart, in Paris, for a very special mission: to fulfill the request contained in a poem he wrote for her, or to give him death in order to have the image of the woman in his eyes, before closing them for good. Intent now reduced to a simple literary expedient on the part of man, but which she intends to fulfill as per an ancient promise. “We are witnessing a journey of memory, ardent and fascinating, sweet and painful: like the embers under the ashes can also ignite after some time the flames, so it happens for the meeting between the two protagonists – it is observed in the director’s notes – It is an extreme love story, which takes unexpected and dangerous paths, which lead to destruction in order to rebuild. love relationships there are dark areas that can change the path of a life and when they reappear they can generate chaos “, is the warning that the French playwright intends to launch. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)