The European premiere of La Migration des Cœurs (the American one took place a few days ago, in Guadeloupe). The Paris production is part of the festival Le Mois Kréyol
by Anne Montfort October 20-21, 2026 Centre Culturel Suïsse
Que reste-t-il des grandes passions lorsqu'elles traversent les siècles, les continents et les héritages coloniaux ? En faisant dialoguer Les Hauts de Hurlevent d'Emily Brontë avec La Migration des cœurs de Maryse Condé, cette création réunit cinq comédien·ne·s aux parcours multiples pour faire entendre une histoire où l'amour, la violence et la vengeance se transmettent de génération en génération. Ancrée dans les Caraïbes, la pièce révèle les rapports de domination, de race et de classe déjà timidement présents chez Brontë, tout en laissant les fantômes du passé hanter le présent.
A new production of Wuthering Heights opens today, October 20, in Rome: by Emily Brontë Adapted by Gianni Clementi Directed by Francesco Bellomo and Carmine D'Amics With Giulio Corso, Federica De Benedittis, Jun Ichikawa, Gabriele Giusti, Shaen Barletta, Massimiliano Vado. October 20-25 Teatro Sala Umberto, Via della Mercede, 50, 00187 Roma RM, Italy
Una storia d’amore assoluta e devastante, una relazione profondamente disturbata, quasi ossessiva, immersa in un’atmosfera gotica intensa e visionaria. Ombre, vento, silenzi e spazi sospesi evocano un mondo inquieto e primordiale, dove il paesaggio non è semplice sfondo, ma riflesso vivo dell’anima tormentata dei protagonisti. Le brughiere diventano così un luogo mentale prima ancora che reale: uno spazio emotivo attraversato da desiderio, rabbia, assenza e memoria. Sul palcoscenico prende forma un legame che oggi potremmo definire “tossico”, dominato da una dipendenza emotiva radicale, da ritorni improvvisi, fughe, silenzi e autentici ghosting ante litteram. Heathcliff e Catherine si cercano incessantemente e, nello stesso tempo, si respingono; si desiderano fino all’annientamento e si feriscono con ferocia. Il loro amore non conosce misura né pace: è un sentimento che divora, che consuma, che supera i limiti della morale e perfino quelli della vita stessa. La scena restituisce questa tensione continua attraverso immagini potenti e visionarie, trasformando il sentimento in qualcosa di viscerale, oscuro e inquieto. Il confine tra passione e ossessione si dissolve progressivamente, lasciando emergere una relazione fatta di attrazione magnetica e distruzione reciproca. Ogni gesto, ogni assenza, ogni parola trattenuta amplifica il senso di un amore impossibile da vivere e impossibile da spegnere. Eppure, proprio dentro questa dinamica estrema e dolorosa, si nasconde una verità disarmante: quella tra Heathcliff e Catherine resta, comunque, una delle più grandi storie d’amore mai raccontate. Un amore che sfida il tempo, la morte e le convenzni sociali; un legame che continua a sopravvivere come una ferita aperta, feroce e immortale. Ed è forse proprio questa sua natura contraddittoria — insieme sublime e distruttiva — a renderla ancora oggi così contemporanea, necessaria e profondamente uiomana.
The Telegraph recommends 'The best walk in every English county' and the one for Yorkshire is Haworth Moor Start/finish: Haworth / Hebden Bridge Distance: 12.5 miles [...] Take a bus from hip Hebden Bridge to hilltop Haworth – where the Brontë sisters lived – and walk back. You get literary shivers: from Haworth’s Brontë Museum, you’re soon up on wild, windy Haworth Moor, heading for the ruined farmhouse of Top Withens, possible inspiration for Wuthering Heights. Then you get a bit of wild Pennine Way, via heathery uplands and the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Then the world changes completely, as you descend into the enchanted, river-tinkled gorge of Hardcastle Crags. (Sarah Baxter)
Quick lightning round! Tell us: [...] [The book] that you can’t stop thinking about: Wuthering Heights (Elise Dumpleton)
Today, October 19th, marks the 179th anniversary of the publication of Jane Eyre and so AnneBrontë.org looks at 'The Genesis Of Jane Eyre'.
More recent Brontë research: by Dr. Pankaj Yadav Integral Research, 3(9), 27-37 (2026) https://doi.org/10.57067/
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is a book that doesn't fit neatly into the typical Victorian love story category. When people adapt the book into movies or plays, they often focus on the intense relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, making it seem like a classic romance. But this overlooks the dark themes of violence, mental abuse and revenge that run throughout the novel. This study looks at how Brontë challenges traditional ideas of romantic love, turning passion into a driving force that consumes everything in its path. By exploring different viewpoints, including feminist, psychological and philosophical perspectives, we can see that desire in Wuthering Heights is not about romantic harmony, but rather a rebellion against the societal norms of the time. It's a powerful force that destroys not just the individuals involved, but also the world around them. In dismantling the division between self and other, the desire of Catherine and Heathcliff manifests as psychic fragmentation, necrophilic dissolution, imperialist appropriation of property and bodies. The novel illustrates that when desire demands absolute transcendence beyond social, physical and metaphysical limits, it inevitably consummates itself in annihilating violence, leaving genuine reconciliation to the domestic and subdued realm of the next generation.
Also leeching away any sense of feeling is the director’s insistence on shooting many indoor scenes with natural lighting. Cinematographer Arnaud Potier casts a pall over every room, shadows dominating at times, giving forth the impression we’ve wandered into Emily Bronte territory and are watching “Wuthering Heights” instead. Visual bridges of spider’s spinning webs, quiet views of meadows and other esoteric matters go a long way toward underscoring the languid pacing of an ordinary day in the early 19th century. However, they contribute nothing to the narrative momentum. (Chuck Koplinski) Panorama Web (México) lists genre films with a romantic touch:
Jane Eyre 2011 ¡Mi preferida aunque no sea una película de terror al 100%! Esta adaptación dirigida por Cary Joji Fukunaga tiene todos los ingredientes para conquistar a las amantes de la época victoriana y del romance gótico. Mia Wasikowska interpreta a Jane, una joven institutriz que se enamora del enigmático Mr. Edward Rochester, interpretado por Michael Fassbender. Entre historias de fantasmas, secretos familiares y ruidos extraños en Thornfield Hall, esta historia es la de un amor que va más allá de la propia carne. (Aura Carpio) (Translation)
Cinemanía (Spain) covers some of the films recently seen at the Sitges Film Festival, like No Rest for the Wicked: Presentada por el cineasta en el Festival de Sitges, la película llegará a España de la mano de Filmin y de Elastica Films. En Sitges, el público la recibía con una ovación y una presentación que la señalaba como la respuesta queer a Cumbres borrascosas, en referencia a la adaptación de la novela de Emily Brontë que, a inicios de este año, protagonizaban Jacob Elordi y Margot Robbie. (Miguel Ángel Romero) (Translation)
Costa del Sol 93.1FM (Spain) quotes the She section of Anne Carson's The Glass House. The Eyre Guide finishes a series of posts on intertextuality in adaptations of Jane Eyre, discussing the plot.
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