diff --git a/web/src/components/PastEventCard.jsx b/web/src/components/PastEventCard.jsx
index 3d9b33f..80fe035 100644
--- a/web/src/components/PastEventCard.jsx
+++ b/web/src/components/PastEventCard.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import Carousel from './Carousel.jsx';
+import Modal from './Modal.jsx';
 
-// Editorial card for one past event: text on the left, a 1-large-+-2-small
-// photo grid on the right. Clicking any photo (or "voir les N photos")
-// opens the full carousel with every photo.
-export default function PastEventCard({ event }) {
+// Editorial summary for one past event. The list keeps a controlled excerpt;
+// clicking the card opens the complete story and gallery, then a photo can be
+// enlarged in the full-screen carousel.
+export default function PastEventCard({ event, excerptLines = 2 }) {
+  const [detailOpen, setDetailOpen] = useState(false);
   const [carouselAt, setCarouselAt] = useState(null); // null | index
   const photos = event.photos || [];
   const hasPhotos = photos.length > 0;
@@ -14,8 +16,7 @@ export default function PastEventCard({ event }) {
     return (
       <div
         className={photo ? '' : 'placeholder-pattern'}
-        style={{ borderRadius: 3, overflow: 'hidden', cursor: photo ? 'pointer' : 'default', ...extra }}
-        onClick={photo ? (e) => { e.stopPropagation(); setCarouselAt(idx); } : undefined}
+        style={{ borderRadius: 3, overflow: 'hidden', ...extra }}
       >
         {photo && <img src={photo.path} alt="" style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover' }} />}
       </div>
@@ -26,23 +27,21 @@ export default function PastEventCard({ event }) {
     <>
       <article
         className="card hero-grid past-event-card"
-        style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1.15fr .85fr', gap: 40, alignItems: 'center', padding: 36, cursor: hasPhotos ? 'pointer' : 'default' }}
-        onClick={hasPhotos ? () => setCarouselAt(0) : undefined}
+        style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1.15fr .85fr', gap: 40, alignItems: 'center', padding: 36, cursor: 'pointer' }}
+        onClick={() => setDetailOpen(true)}
       >
         <div>
           <div style={{ fontSize: 12, letterSpacing: '.14em', textTransform: 'uppercase', color: 'var(--gray-light)', fontWeight: 600, marginBottom: 12 }}>
             {event.date_label} · {event.lieu}
           </div>
           <h3 className="serif" style={{ fontSize: 30, fontWeight: 600, lineHeight: 1.12, marginBottom: 16 }}>{event.titre}</h3>
-          <p style={{ fontSize: 15.5, lineHeight: 1.7, color: 'var(--gray)', marginBottom: 20 }}>{event.texte}</p>
+          <p style={{ fontSize: 15.5, lineHeight: 1.7, color: 'var(--gray)', marginBottom: 20, display: '-webkit-box', WebkitLineClamp: excerptLines, WebkitBoxOrient: 'vertical', overflow: 'hidden' }}>{event.texte}</p>
           <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 20, fontSize: 13, color: 'var(--gray-light)', alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
             <span>👥 {event.participants} participants</span>
             <span>📷 {event.nb_photos} photo{event.nb_photos > 1 ? 's' : ''}</span>
-            {hasPhotos && (
-              <button className="btn-link" style={{ fontSize: 13 }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); setCarouselAt(0); }}>
-                Voir les photos →
-              </button>
-            )}
+            <button className="btn-link" style={{ fontSize: 13 }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); setDetailOpen(true); }}>
+              Voir la soirée →
+            </button>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className="past-event-photos" style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr', gridTemplateRows: '1fr 1fr', gap: 10, height: 240 }}>
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ export default function PastEventCard({ event }) {
           {cell(1)}
           {photos.length > 3 ? (
             <div
-              style={{ borderRadius: 3, overflow: 'hidden', cursor: 'pointer', position: 'relative' }}
-              onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); setCarouselAt(2); }}
+              style={{ borderRadius: 3, overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }}
             >
               <img src={photos[2].path} alt="" style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover' }} />
               <div style={{ position: 'absolute', inset: 0, background: 'rgba(15,14,13,.55)', color: '#fff', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', fontFamily: "'Newsreader',serif", fontSize: 22, fontWeight: 600 }}>
@@ -64,6 +62,51 @@ export default function PastEventCard({ event }) {
         </div>
       </article>
 
+      {detailOpen && (
+        <Modal
+          onClose={() => setDetailOpen(false)}
+          maxWidth={920}
+          header={{
+            kicker: 'Rencontre passée',
+            title: event.titre,
+            meta: `${event.date_label} · ${event.lieu}`,
+          }}
+        >
+          <div style={{ padding: '30px 32px 36px' }}>
+            <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 22, flexWrap: 'wrap', fontSize: 13, color: 'var(--gray-light)', marginBottom: 22 }}>
+              <span>👥 {event.participants} participants</span>
+              <span>📷 {event.nb_photos} photo{event.nb_photos > 1 ? 's' : ''}</span>
+            </div>
+            <div style={{ fontSize: 16, lineHeight: 1.8, color: 'var(--gray)', whiteSpace: 'pre-line' }}>
+              {event.texte}
+            </div>
+
+            {hasPhotos ? (
+              <div style={{ marginTop: 30 }}>
+                <h4 className="serif" style={{ fontSize: 21, fontWeight: 600, marginBottom: 16 }}>Toutes les photos</h4>
+                <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fill, minmax(150px, 1fr))', gap: 12 }}>
+                  {photos.map((photo, index) => (
+                    <button
+                      key={photo.id ?? index}
+                      type="button"
+                      onClick={() => setCarouselAt(index)}
+                      aria-label={`Ouvrir la photo ${index + 1}`}
+                      style={{ height: 140, padding: 0, border: 'none', borderRadius: 4, overflow: 'hidden', cursor: 'pointer', background: 'var(--beige)' }}
+                    >
+                      <img src={photo.path} alt="" style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%', objectFit: 'cover', display: 'block' }} />
+                    </button>
+                  ))}
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <p style={{ marginTop: 26, padding: '16px 18px', background: 'var(--beige)', color: 'var(--gray-light)', fontSize: 13.5 }}>
+                Aucune photo n'a encore été ajoutée à cette soirée.
+              </p>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </Modal>
+      )}
+
       {carouselAt !== null && (
         <Carousel photos={photos} title={event.titre} startIndex={carouselAt} onClose={() => setCarouselAt(null)} />
       )}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Home.jsx b/web/src/pages/Home.jsx
index f97989c..3b1d169 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Home.jsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Home.jsx
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export default function Home() {
           </div>
           <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 34 }}>
             {passees.slice(0, 3).map((p) => (
-              <PastEventCard key={p.id} event={p} />
+              <PastEventCard key={p.id} event={p} excerptLines={3} />
             ))}
           </div>
         </div>