La route

The apocalypse took place. The world is devastated, covered with ashes and corpses. Among the survivors, a father and his son wander on a road, pushing a caddy filled with heteroclite objects, supposed to help them in their journey. Under the rain, snow and cold, they advance towards the southern coasts, fear in the belly: hordes of cannibal savages terrorize what remains of humanity. Will they survive their journey? After "The Brodeck Report", Manu Larcenet adapts again a major work of literature. Courted by the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, "The Road" was a great success and was adapted to cinema in 2009 with Vigo Mortensen in the main role. With this album, Manu Larcenet succeeds in adapting an absolute originality and yet of total fidelity. By posing his trait under the words of the novelist, illustrating the silences of the narrative, the artist has adapted himself the dark and fascinating universe of Cormacarthy's novel.