Fucking Castle

“Damn Castle” illustrates a little-known chapter in the history of Carneville Castle, which housed a brothel during the Second World War. The pink walls and graffiti in the castle's attic still bear witness to this disturbing episode. Of course, the years have passed, and in 2026 we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the closure of brothels in France. Of course… and yet, on certain evenings, when the visitors have left and silence has returned, the spirits of the girls still haunt the old walls of the castle that was their home, telling their lives, their dreams and illusions, their joys and tears to those who know how to listen. Constructed from literary and journalistic texts from the 1880s to the 1930s, interwoven with the most beautiful "street songs," this musical performance transports us to a bygone, unimaginable, perhaps even monstrous world, where the brothel is more than an institution: it's a cog in the machine of society. With "Putain de château" (Damn Castle), the Château de Carneville becomes intimate, revealing, by candlelight, a secret chapter of our history and paying a vibrant tribute to these women with enslaved bodies and free spirits. June 21 at 4 p.m., July 14 and 15, August 26 at 8:30 p.m.