You won’t be able to hold back your tears when faced with so much passion. Love and its complexities are explored with an intensity that screams realism and truth. The acting of Mike FAIST and Lucas HEDGES surpasses everything. Their feelings go beyond the story. They are exalted. We easily become attached to their characters. They are overflowing with emotion. We love the tenderness, the hidden cuteness between the two boys. They are touching.

For every moment of intensity, a song comes along at the right time. Songs with great bittersweet sounds… Eddi READER‘s interpretation is penetrating in his soothing country ballads. His melodies, often underlined by the harmonica, take us into our intimacy. The scores lull us into a state of love, as love can lull us into a state of illusion. It is worth noting that the show is not stingy on the songs.

We can’t help but compliment Emily FAIRN for her ability to make herself as torn as she is human in her posture as a scorned woman.

The setting, or should we say the landscape in certain aspects, is natural. Authentic also by the use of patinated materials. The details are intelligent.

The lines and the direction are scathing when they should be. Some moments seem to be overdone, not to say sloppy, but this is only to magnify the scene a moment later. The play has the power to make us hold our emotions until the explosion. A bit like the protagonists whose every thought must be held in a bubbling secret until it bursts out of control. We are glued to the wall. Stunning!!! And at the same time, we laugh more often than we think.

The show is close to the original film while moving away from it in certain aspects, notably with the integration of an additional role that is not superfluous. In fact, the opposite is true for this older Ennis: a striking success.

Like ricochets, we go from contemplation to contemplation.

Brokeback Mountain is a punchy musical play that will make any heart come alive. It awakens the conscience.