Non Album Collections 223

The Master Chocolatier 01 - The Boutique (2019)

Script by Bénédicte Gourdon, Eric Corbeyran - Art by Denis Chetville. Alex Carret is a talented young Brussels chocolatier whose life takes a drastic turn when he quits his job and agrees to partner with a friend of a friend named Ben. He’s a little wary of him at first, but when Ben comes up with a business plan, a space, a brilliant branding idea, and a 100,000-euro loan, Alex can’t resist the temptation of seeing his lifelong dream come true. Soon he and his team are selecting the finest chocolate from countries around the world and throwing a launch party, which is a smash success. But will that put them in the crosshairs of other local power brokers?

States of Mind (2019)

Patrice Guillon, Emilie Guillon & Sebastien Samson. The true story of a spirited young woman whose brilliant mind is caught in the grip of mental illness, known as bipolar disorder. In constant flux between transient euphoria and utter despair, Camille attempts to decode her mind and treat her illness. 

Kivu (2019)

Script by Jean Van Hamme - Art by Christophe Simon. Stéphane, fresh out of college, has gone to work for a powerful industrial consortium. He is soon put in charge of negotiating an important contract in the Congo, and sets off for Africa. But once there, he discovers a cynical and corrupt world beyond anything he could have imagined. His destiny is altered forever when he crosses the path of Violette, a Congolese child hunted by a powerful rebel chief. On his journey, he will also meet Dr. Denis Mukwege, real-life Congolese gynecologist whose activism and medical work won him the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

Sparta

The right to be called Spartan is acquired at birth and conquest in a lifetime, after a childhood that has nothing tender. Agélicas soon paid the price for this lesson. When King Nabis treaty enters into political rather than subject their neighbors by force, the young opposes. In response, Nabis hires Diodoro, ilota reputed to be the best bounty hunter in the city. Writter: Patrick Weber; Design: Christophe Simon. Sparta.

In the second century BC, Sparta lives under the yoke of the king Nabis. To accomplish his purposes out, the tyrant does not hesitate to get rid of all those who challenge its authority. Among them, Agesilaus, a young rebel, is like elusive hero and the Spartan ideal representative. Nabis is recruiting the best bounty hunter in the city, Diodorus, to locate and kill him. Uninterested in politics, this does not hold Helot least one important secret he fiercely trying to preserve. At the same time, members of the Achaean League, enemies of Sparta, watching the movements of the warrior city and its sovereign literature. Inspiring as cinema, antiquity is also present in the 9th art. If Egypt and Rome do not fail to inspire many authors, Greece is no exception, especially Athens.