The films, shown on a screen lowered onto the stage, focus on a man who sells homilies so people can convey their desires or their putative last words. The buyers are incapable of uttering them without his help. But animals are unfettered in this respect, and the image of men pretending to be wild horses sets the tone of the piece. Mr. Vandekeybus spends a bit too much time snorting and throwing his head back, and excess is the word for the scene in which a wild boy, free but noisy, is tamed. The narrative thread is carried by Beno t Gob, who speaks in French and English of childhood fantasies that were quelled because they were on too grand a scale.
Dancers accuse one another of stealing their desires.
Mr. Gharbi, a Moroccan living in Belgium, speaks in Arabic, and the multinational cast reflects the desires of those who migrate from southern climes to countries like Belgium. Yes, they desire a better life. Reality intrudes upon fantasy. The admirable performers include Nordine Benchorf, Jordi Gal Melendez, German Jauregui Allue, Juha-Pekka Marsalo, Igor Paszkiewicz, Ali Salmi, Giovanni Scarcella, Piotr Torzawa Giro and Gavin Webber.