Karim KariDirector
Isabelle Bouché KariWriter
Karim KariProducer
Delphine DepardieuKey Cast”Fantômes “
Michelle AndréKey Cast
Salomé VilliersKey Cast
Valentin De CarbonnieresKey Cast
“The ghosts of theatre never truly leave the stage.”
In Forever, director Karim Kari delivers a haunting elegy to an art form slowly fading into the shadows.
After four decades behind the curtains of the Comédie des Champs-Élysées, Karim Kari has witnessed theatre’s quiet transformation—its seats growing emptier as cinema claimed the spotlight. Rather than protest, he creates a deeply poetic meditation on loss, memory, and devotion.
Forever follows the ghosts of the stage: passionate performers who continue to create despite disillusionment, carrying the fragile flame of an art that refuses to disappear. Their performances become acts of love, resilience, and remembrance.
Every frame unfolds like a living painting, where darkness, velvet, and silence intertwine to reveal the vulnerable soul beneath the actor’s mask. Set within the walls of a theatre itself, the film becomes a theatre inside a theatre—a dreamlike space where forgotten echoes continue to breathe.
Featuring remarkable performances from Delphine Depardieu, Michèle André, and an exceptional ensemble, Forever reminds us that even in decline, art remains a place where people gather, where stories endure, and where humanity finds itself.
Because some stages never truly go dark.
Forever.
Director’s cut
Judging status
Award Winner – Best Experimental Film – Season 17
