After having spoken about "The mysteries of the Republic", François Mitterrand or "Les Coulisses du pouvoir", cartoonist Philippe Richelle and Alfio Buscaglia attacked the Algerian war in a five-volume saga.
"It's fascinating, the history of France fascinates me and Algeria is really an atypical war for two reasons: it's a war of decolonization and then in the second part, from the failed coup of the generals. from April 1961, it becomes a civil war, "Philippe Richelle told France 24.
In the first volume, "Dernieres beaux jours", the book lays the foundations of this fresco by adopting the point of view of all parties. One perceives thus a real concern for neutrality in the narration. "I try to show understanding for all the characters I put on stage ... I think a good story goes through that, I avoid easy manichaeism at all costs," explains Philippe Richelle.
This bias plunges us with all the more force in these "events" that happen before our eyes. This shows the rise of tension, oppression and violence. The time of recklessness at the end of the Second World War has just disappeared and leaves room for Volume 2 to a much darker tomorrow.
"Algeria, a French war - Volume 1 Last beautiful days", by Philippe Richelle and Alfio Buscaglia ( Glénat editions )