Bertrand Belin, Tournée

It begins with a bridge. Or a footbridge, for the more timid. From the shore of “La Comédie”, the ultra-existential finale of Tambour Vision, to that of “L’Inconnu en personne”, cultivating a synthetic inner world that is eager to be shared.

A “état de nos coexistences” that refuses hasty judgements. The tempo picks up, and the strings rise with grace. And Bertrand Belin’s timbre resonates like no other.

Since the release of Tambour Vision in 2022, he has been seen in two films: Le Roman de Jim by the Larrieu brothers (with whom he had already worked on Tralala) and L’Amour et les forêts by Valérie Donzelli. He has also appeared on stage in “En travers de sa gorge” by Marc Lainé.

And he has written a new book, La Figure. In it, lightly woven throughout, he reflects on the theatre of his origins, accompanied by a curious alter ego: a Dantesque guide, an inner voice that has become a companion at every moment.

Once again, the scansion of his language stands out, along with his taste for circular structure. These same traits reappear in Watt.

Bertrand Belin still works with a malleable material, a deliberately wayward pop somewhere between rock and chanson, shot through with jazz and blues, and haunted by a question that fascinates him, just as it does all of us: verticality.