Published in September by Éditions Çà et Là, this graphic novel tells the dilemmas of a mother living in a favela near Rio, whose daughter falls into gang violence.
Son of a professional footballer, Marcello Quintanilha, born in 1971, left Brazil 20 years ago for Barcelona, Spain.
He had already won the 2016 polar prize in Angoulême for "Tungstène".
The Éco-Fauve Raja prize, a subject of controversy after the resignation of a first jury protesting against the sponsorship of a packaging manufacturer, was awarded to Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny and Christian Quesnel for "Mégantic, a train in the night" (Écosociété editions), the story of an industrial disaster in Quebec in 2013.
Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny and Christian Quesnel receive the Eco-Fauve Raja prize for "Mégantic, a train in the night", on March 19, 2022 at the Angoulême Festival YOHAN BONNET AFP
The Angoulême Festival closes its doors on Sunday evening, after welcoming fewer authors this year because of its postponement to an unusual date.
The gray and cold weather of the first two days, Thursday and Friday, as well as the busy news between the war in Ukraine and the presidential campaign, did not help the attendance figures either.
However, comics have never done so well in France.
In 2021 (the year in which an Asterix album was released), according to the firm Xerfi, its growth reached 34%.
And according to GfK, it represents 24% of the book market, just behind general literature (25%).
Canadian Julie Doucet, author of "underground" comics, receives the Grand Prix of the Angoulême Festival, March 16, 2022 Yohan BONNET AFP
The most prestigious award, the Grand Prix, was awarded Wednesday to Julie Doucet, the first Canadian and fourth woman to put her name on this list, which crowns a body of work.
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