Line #29 Theatre/DraculaEntreLamourEtLaMort


1	''Dracula, Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' is a musical retelling of Dracula's story, created by Bruno Pelletier (who plays as the eponymous Dracula) and first aired in 2006. The story begins with Vlad the Impaler marrying the [[LoveAtFirstSight love of his life]], the vampire Elhemina, who sires him before being [[TorchesAndPitchforks fatally staked by a mob]].
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3	Flash-forward to 2050, when a [[FiveManBand group of five people]] come in Vallachia to investigate a serie of events that might be related, including the disappearance of many citizens, purported sights of dead people returning from the grave, and [[ThePlague the outbreak of a virus that is transmissible with a bite]]. The investigators are [[AllLovingHero Mina Murray]] (Andrée Watters), [[IntrepidReporter Jonathan Harker]] (Sylvain Cossette), [[AddledAddict Renfield]] (Daniel Boucher), [[TokenReligiousTeammate Doctor Van Helsing]] (Pierre Flynn) and the later's daughter, [[WideEyedIdealist Lucy]] (Gabrielle Destroismaisons).
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5	Despite similar names, the show has little to do with ''Theatre/DraculaALoveStrongerThanDeath'' besides being adapted from the same franchise.
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8	!! ''Dracula, Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' contains examples of:
9	* AdaptationalNationality: This adaptation has Dracula as a Wallachian character, whereas he is Transylvanian in the book. This is due to the misconception that Dracula is the historical Vlad III Dracula ''was'' Wallachian. Meanwhile, it is strongly implied that the members of the FiveManBand are Canadian French, while most of them are British in the book.
10	* AdaptationInspiration: The piece ignores many elements of the original book in favor of RuleOfCool. In fact, it's probably shorter to make a list of the things that ''don't'' change, rather than trying to list the changes.
11	* AddledAddict: Renfield. He may have kept his job and it's unclear if the FiveManBand was aware of his addiction, but Dracula knew about it from the start and [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] it. [[spoiler: He does an overdose in ''Enfin Plus Rien'', and Dracula kills him to shorten the pain.]]
12	* AnyoneCanDie: Elhemina and Lucy in Act I, [[spoiler: Renfield, Van Helsing and Dracula himself]] in Act II.
13	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jonathan has seen Lucy rise from the grave and being staked by Van Helsing, but later, when the Doctor mentions the historical Dracula as the culprit in Act II, Jonathan dismisses him as a legend.
14	* ArcWords: "Loubov Moya" [[note]][[BilingualBonus "I love you" in Ukrainian]][[/note]], which are also Elhemina's dying words.
15	* BadassBoast: Doctor Van Helsing and Dracula during ''L'Affrontement'', the later of which outright goes into BlasphemousBoast territory.
16	** Dracula also has an AGodAmI moment in ''Cruelle et Tendre'', which is set ''before'' he becomes a vampire.
17	* BadassLongcoat: Doctor Van Helsing wears a duster.
18	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Doctor Van Helsing does not talk much until after Lucy's death. Turns out he's also good at staking vampires...
19	* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: Dracula [[spoiler: [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy confesses his unconditional love for Mina]] before [[SpurnedIntoSuicide killing himself]].]] Meanwhile, [[spoiler: Van Helsing and Lucy are reunited in the afterlife, and its implied Renfield is as well]].
20	* BSODSong: ''Pourquoi?'', sung by Van Helsing when he finds Lucy's body.
21	** HeroicBSOD: Obviously, since Van Helsing is one of the good guys.
22	* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: Jonathan comes and saves Mina, but [[YouAreTooLate he was too late for Van Helsing]]]].
23	* TheChosenOne: Dracula depicts himself as this on numerous occasions, including (in chronological order) ''Je Suis'', ''L'Affrontement'' and ''Règne''. Meanwhile, in ''L'Affrontement'', Van Helsing claims to be [[spoiler: the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse prophecized to defeat Dracula]].
24	* CrapsackWorld: Humanity is depicted as AlwaysChaoticEvil, and this trope is the main reason for Dracula's StartOfDarkness and the FiveManBand's CallToAdventure. Dracula is also partially responsible for causing this trope in the present day.
25	** JustBeforeTheEnd: Implied and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]].
26	** AWorldHalfFull: The world has its flaws, but there is also beauty in it. ''Règne'' is about [[spoiler: Dracula tasking Mina to preserve the world and undo humanity's evil]].
27	* TheDeadCanDance: ''Mystérieux Personnage'' has Dracula and Mina doing tango.
28	* DealWithTheDevil: Dracula asks Renfield to serve him in exchange for making Lucy a vampire and his girlfriend. [[spoiler: It costs Renfield dearly.]]
29	* DespairSpeech: Van Helsing sings his despair at the human death of Lucy in ''Pourquoi?''. Dracula does it on three occasions: the first in his solo ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' after becoming a vampire, the second in ''Qui Sera la Prochaine?'' the night of Lucy's burial, and the third in his second solo ''Je Suis'' after [[spoiler: killing Renfield]].
30	** DespairEventHorizon: ''Je Suis'' really has Dracula go over the edge.
31	* [[spoiler: DidNotGetTheGirl]]: In the end, [[spoiler: Mina chooses Jonathan over Dracula]].
32	* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: Dracula [[spoiler: dies by smashing his coffin against the ground so hard it breaks his castle's windows]].
33	* EternalLove [[LoveAtFirstSight At First Sight]]: Dracula and Elhemina.
34	* {{Foreshadowing}}: A case of this trope overlapping with OnlyICanKillHim. In ''Je Suis'', Dracula says that [[spoiler:his death can only be self-inflicted]]. In the end, [[spoiler: he is SpurnedIntoSuicide]].
35	* GlamourFailure: When encountering Count Vallachia, Renfield takes a picture of him. The Count reprimands him, then hints that Renfield may have discovered something. Renfield then notices that the Count does not show up on the picture...
36	** CastsNoShadow: After becoming a vampire, Dracula is shown to have a very visible shadow in ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort''. In ''L'Amour Aux Deux Visages'', it's implied his shadow left him.
37	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Renfield has a vertical scar on the right cheek, apparently to show how addicted and desperate he is. He also makes a [[DealWithTheDevil pact with Dracula]].
38	* [[spoiler: HeroKiller]]: Dracula, who [[spoiler: kills Van Helsing]].
39	* HolyBurnsEvil: In ''L'Affrontement'', Van Helsing weakens Dracula's power [[OminousLatinChanting by reciting latin Christian texts]]. [[spoiler: Dracula fights it off and kills him anyway.]]
40	* HopeSpot: This happens in the final scene. [[spoiler: Dracula almost kills Jonathan, but is interrupted by Mina, who begins to talk in Ukrainian. It appears as though Mina remembers her past life and is about to choose Dracula, but Jonathan stands up and she goes with him.]]
41	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Fully played out in ''Nous Sommes Ce Que Nous Sommes'', in which Count Vallachia [[InvokedTrope invokes]] it by [[DiscussedTrope discussing]] how they're [[NotSoDifferentRemark not so different]]. Later, [[spoiler: vampires are implied to be AlwaysChaoticEvil because they are human, only BeneathTheMask]].
42	* IAmWhatIAm: Dramatically [[InvertedTrope inverted]] in ''Je Suis'', which is about Dracula's unacceptance and despair at his existence and how he's HisOwnWorstEnemy.
43	* IGaveMyWord: Dracula does this twice. After becoming a vampire, he swears to retrieve Elhemina at all costs. The next promise is made after Lucy rises from her grave, but just before Van Helsing stakes her. Dracula swears to never cause any more casualties [[ExactWords except for those that were already sentenced to die]], and to stop his rampage of crimes.
44	* JadeColoredGlasses: During ''Cruelle et Tendre'', in which Elhemina is still alive, Dracula is clearly the most optimistic of the two. After becoming a vampire and seeing Elhemina being staked, he becomes much, much more cynical, and begins his StartOfDarkness.
45	* LivingForeverIsAwesome: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Dracula initially seems to believe it in Act I, but his failure to avoid Lucy's death [[spoiler: coupled with Renfield's overdose]] pretty much convinces him that he was wrong.
46	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Dracula does all the horrible things he does to bring Elhemina back.
47	* MeaningfulEcho: "Lubov Moya" is this in ''Qui Sera la Prochaine?'', the final song of Act I. To make it all the more obvious, the song has the echo of Elhemina's voice playing in the background. ''Règne'', the last song of Act II, also takes some of the expressions from ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'', but gives them a much lighter meaning.
48	* [[spoiler: MercyKill]]: In Act II, [[spoiler: Dracula kills Renfield, who was doing an overdose at the time, to shorten his pain]].
49	* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Mina has reciprocal love for Dracula and Jonathan, except the former is a VampireMonarch, and the later an IntrepidReporter. [[spoiler: She chooses Jonathan]].
50	* [[spoiler: NearVillainVictory]]: Wasn't it for [[spoiler: Mina's love for Jonathan]], [[spoiler: Dracula would have killed him and bedded her]].
51	* NotSoDifferentRemark: The ''Nous Sommes Ce Que Nous Sommes'' song ends with Count Vallachia telling Jonathan and Renfield that ''we'' are creatures of darkness. Since the Count is Dracula, he was actually making the statement for both humans and vampires, but only Renfield (who noticed the Count's GlamourFailure) and the audience know it.
52	* OneManArmy: Dracula is one, if his BadassBoast in ''L'Affrontement'' is any indication.
53	* OneSceneTwoMonologues: In ''Mystérieux Personnage'', Dracula and Mina sing unrelated lyrics, giving the last line of the song a double meaning.
54	* OnlyICanKillHim: As confessed by Dracula in ''Je Suis'', [[spoiler: he can only die by killing himself]].
55	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires create others of their kinds by biting a victim on the neck in a way that produces a savage growling sound. They drink blood, but the reason for it is not explained. They apparently begin with a shadow, but may [[CastsNoShadow lose it]] later on. They can MindControl human beings, can disappear in the darkness at night, have a supernatural sixth sense allowing them to track a reincarnated loved one and can cause that loved one to feel their presence and remember a past life. Sunlight or a stake through the heart is fatal to them, and the recitation of holy Christian texts painfully cripples them, making staking easier. They also host within them a demon, but the true cause of their AlwaysChaoticEvil tendencies is apparently [[spoiler: [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters their humanity]]]].
56	** VampireMonarch: Dracula is specifically noted as the host of {{Satan}}, [[spoiler: and can resist sacred texts and staking, making sunlight the only way to kill him]].
57	* ThePollyanna: Of all characters, Lucy is the most optimistic. Even after dying an becoming a vampire, she decides that she likes it. [[spoiler: Then, in Act II, she doesn't seem to mind her father dying and looks quite happy to reunite with him]].
58	* QuestionableConsent: Double subverted. Dracula uses his vampiric powers to make Lucy have intercourse with him, but the drama is mostly played out in Act II, after Lucy's death.
59	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Averted. Thinking about it makes Van Helsing visibly upset, but the rape of Lucy isn't played out as any worse than the countless other atrocities commited by Dracula.
60	* ReincarnationRomance: Dracula has been looking for the reincarnation of his wife, Elhemina, [[TheSlowPath for over 500 years]].
61	* StakingTheLovedOne: Van Helsing does this to Lucy.
62	* StalkerWithACrush: Renfield to Lucy.
63	* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: [[spoiler: Dracula]] attempts this on [[spoiler: Renfield]]. [[spoiler: He only makes things worse, and ultimately does a MercyKill to shorten his death by overdose]].
64	* TheUndead: A vampire biting an human to the neck curses her to vampirism after her death. The only way to break the curse is to kill the (new) vampire again, thus allowing it to pass to the afterlife, [[spoiler: become a psychopomp]], or reincarnate.
65	* TitleDrop: Dracula's first solo, ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'', gives its name to the piece.
66	* TokenReligiousTeammate: The Doctor Van Helsing is a Christian, though which denomination is not clear.
67	* TorchesAndPitchforks: Elhemina dies this way. Another one chases Lucy away when she becomes a vampire, but she is ultimately killed by Van Helsing, her father.
68	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Most of the action happens in 2050.
69	* VillainProtagonist: Dracula, obviously.
70	* VillainSong: ''Entre l'Amour et la Mort'' is the song closest to count, since it explains Dracula's StartOfDarkness.
71	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: In Act II, [[spoiler:after killing Renfield]], Dracula shows his good side with ''Je Suis''.
72	* WideEyedIdealist: Lucy, in her human [[spoiler: and psychopomp]] appearance.
73	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Dracula comes to realize it, after indirectly causing the death of Lucy [[spoiler: and killing Renfield.]]
74	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The one thing Dracula wanted was to reunite with Elhemina.

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