Movies that have touched us so deeply we've shed rivers of tears—there are dozens we could list. Theater pieces that have had the same effect on us… that's far more rare! And yet, here we are, quite surprised: the first show we discover this 2026/2027 cultural season touches our hearts deeply. It makes us laugh as much as it moves us, it takes us traveling through time as much as it makes us reflect, it stirs us as much as it amazes us. In short, it checks all the boxes for a must-see.
Deep down, maybe we should have guessed: the title alone was already a guarantee of a hit. Here are 3 good reasons to discover The People We Love
t: 400;">, a play by the Tendres vents company, written by Marie Cornudet, At La Folie Théâtre !View this post on Instagram
1) A Brilliant Dive into the 1980s
The journey through time is instant. Once you step through the door of the cozy little room, it's as if 2026 no longer exists. There we are in a setting straight out of the 80s : colors are everywhere, from the refrigerator to the sofa, while the vAn old telephone with a cord sits proudly on the table, the needle resting on vinyl letting Patti Smith's voice fill the room.
The immersion continues when Sara (Marie Cornudet) and Hugo (Charles Bondy) enter the space. Their outfits too transport us into a vintage style that's certainly made a comeback, but which, in this scenography, beautifully extends this journey through time.
2) An ode to love above all
Sara works in a club where she meets Hugo, a touching young man, extroverted, and always armed with his camera. From this meeting, a singular love story is born, full of attention, tenderness, respect and understanding. Lovers, but also and above all friends, Sara and Hugo manage to convey — carried by the genuine friendship of the actors and by the brilliant direction signed by Delphine Garfin — this unwavering and almost childlike complicity, which makes you smile
as much as it touches the heart.
They dance their love, they dance their youth, they dance life with a recklessness that's terribly contagious.
Even when illness creeps into the story, the use of flashbacks; the alternation between joyful, comic and tragic scenes; video, music, and dance, keeps love front and center. Emotion finds its way lastingly, combined with a certain sadness, without however giving way to pathos.
Everything in this piece speaks to perfect balance. A bold challenge, but met with brilliance.
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3) Shining a light on a central subject with subtlety
With poetry and subtlety, the play tackles the theme of cancer and, more specifically, breast cancer in this 25-year-old young woman. In its own way, and as Breast Cancer Awareness Month approaches, the show sheds light on this disease which, to this day, remains one of the deadliest cancers among women, and reminds us of the importance of screening — an annual clinical exam starting at age 25, a mammogram every two years between ages 50 and 74.
The play's duration — just over an hour — perfectly matches the upheaval it creates. Not too much, not too little. The lights fade, applause rings out, and there we are with moist eyes, mouths agape, deeply moved, with the certainty that after seeing this play, you're not the same person anymore.
not quite the same person as when walking in.
The People We Love
At La Folie Théâtre
6, rue de La Folie Méricourt — 11th arrondissement
Until November 28, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m.
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