plendid puppets, epic fights and humor: the show given Monday to the Unelleses evening has held all of its promises. Children and parents are given as a present a trip in a legendary world.

You starts very strong. Roland, in his/her shining armor, it fights against the Saracens. The shock is terrible. One of the assailants also makes him behead. Roland pursues his/her road. It shoots down a dragon that spits some blood on the scene. And it kills a snake from the hostile intentions. The routine, what. Then Roland reaches the court of Carlomagno, equipped of his/her friends Paladins. All take the road of Roncevaux. They shouts: "All it has Roncivale"... Splendid bright suits, elegant gestures of the great gentleman and swords... They speaks a lot and strong. It is in Italian. But it doesn´t need translation: the action is easily enough included. His/her parents applaud. The legend of Rolando to Roncevaux for the Sicilian puppets.

The show doesn´t miss of interest: three tanned Italians, muscular to naked torso they operate the puppets. A difficult work. Because they are heavy, and of impressive ransoms. The director, to the microphone, assure her/it "post-synchronization" of all the characters. Another member of the team assures the sound effects beating strongly on a drum. On the scene, the battle continues: Rolando fights against an army of Saracens. According to fit: Rolando is wounded. It blows in his/her horn. To knees, it implores the archangel Saint-Michel that it goes down from the sky. "Forgive me... " Rolando collapses. A terrible storm explodes. A child in the public: "It is dead?" Silence in the room. After the show, his/her children invade the flowing shutters to observe nearby the puppets from. The troop ago a demonstration: the company´s Sicilians Macri has disclosed the strings of the show. Giacomo Sayagh.

Ouest France July 15 th 1992 (French original Text)