Casarès-Camus for a loving and theatrical dialogue

On March 19, 1944, Albert Camus and Maria Casarès met at Michel Leiris' home. The former student of the Conservatory, originally from La Coruña and daughter of a Spanish Republican in exile, was only twenty-one years old. The writer lived alone in Paris, the war having kept him away from his wife Francine, a teacher in Oran. Sensitive to the talent of the actress, Albert Camus entrusted her with the role of Martha for the creation of The Misunderstanding in June 1944. And during the night of the D-Day landings, Albert Camus and Maria Casarès became lovers. This is still only the prelude to a great love story, which will take its real start in 1948.
Until the accidental death of the writer in 1960, Albert and Maria never stopped writing to each other, especially during the long weeks of separation due to their artistic and intellectual commitment, stays in the great outdoors or family obligations. Against a backdrop of public life and creative activity, their crossed correspondence reveals the intensity of their intimate relationship, which was experienced in the lack and absence as much as in the mutual consent, the burning of desire, the enjoyment of shared days, the work in common and the quest for true love, its perfect formulation and its fulfillment.