Marie Avril and Eddy Simon put Sarah Bernhardt back on the boards

By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

Divine, vie (s) by Sarah Bernhardt, screenwriter Eddy Simon and illustrator Marie Avril has just been published by Futuropolis. A fictionalized and comic book biography of the famous "golden voice" tragedy, Sarah Bernhardt.

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He is a fabulous character who has become a legend in France and around the world. A great lady of theater and tragedy, whose incredible aura has extended to us for over a century. The golden voice, the divine, the empress of the theater, the greatest hailed the talent of the one who can be considered as the first international star, since she has triumphed on five continents. It was also for her that Jean Cocteau coined the expression "sacred monster". Insubmissive, whimsical, adventurous, whimsical, inspiring, excessive, feminist, flamboyant, excessive, free, stubborn, indomitable, ambitious, impulsive, generous, selfish, proud, whole, courageous ... Impossible to quote all the qualifiers that come to mind when we delve into the life of Sarah Bernhardt, as told by Marie Avril and Eddy Simon in a superb comic book album: " Divine, life (s) of Sarah Bernhardt ", published by Futuropolis.

VMDN in the Sahara © Amélie Beaucour

Third episode of our series of excursions to Hotel Sahara, the artists' residence in southern Morocco organized by the General Stores of Pantin, near Paris, for the Africa 2020 season. Eight artists from countries crossed by the desert come together for a week at M'hamid El Ghizlane, to create together a work inspired by their experience in the Sahara. Amélie Beaucour spent a few days with the artists and takes us all this week to meet them. Today, a young Moroccan photographer recounts his impression of the desert, far from Instagram filters.

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