Editing Brigitte Fontaine (section)

===1980–1990===
The 1980s were a period of silence, musically speaking, for Brigitte Fontaine and her partner [[Areski Belkacem]]. Far from the recording studio, she devoted herself to writing and the theatre. Always active, she appeared onstage in Quebec, she performed her play ''Acte 2'' in a grand tour of the French-speaking world, interpreted ''Les Bonnes'' by [[Jean Genet]] in Paris, and published a novel (''Paso doble'') as well as a collection of short stories (''Nouvelles de l’exil''). In 1984, she recorded a single ("Les Filles d’aujourd’hui").

After having given a series of concerts in Tokyo and other large Japanese cities, she had to wait about five years for a French company to distribute her new album ''[[French corazon]]'' (written and composed in 1984 but released in 1988 in Japan). Having been broadcast notably on French television, the video for the single "Le Nougat", directed by comics artist Olivia Tele Clavel, prepared the public for the big return of the singer to the French stage which commenced with a concert in 1993 at the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]].