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Literature

| Quentin Mouron: «The poet cries when the advertising man cries».»

written by Quentin Mouron

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. In his column, writer Quentin Mouron explores a topical issue with his usual sharpness.

Literature

Quentin Mouron: «Art has always seemed an artifice to me».»

By Jonas Follonier · 19 February 2021

Provocative dandy and observer of his times, Quentin Mouron questions progress and decadence in his novels. Meet a lucid writer who dismantles modern illusions without renouncing the beauty of the word.

Literature

Franck, an out-of-this-world hero«

By Ivan Garcia · January 29, 2021

ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Ivan Garcia | In two of his novels, Quentin Mouron stages the adventures of a cynical private detective who, despite his flair, is often off the mark. A way of depicting the contemporary loss of meaning.

Literature

«Le fumoir», a nightmarish journey into the heart of the asylum

By Ivan Garcia · 06 October 2020

Les bouquins du mardi - Ivan Garcia A (forced) internment in a psychiatric ward brings a young man face to face with...

Films

«Thalasso», Houellebecq and Depardieu's therapy

By Jonas Follonier · September 25, 2019

In this new comedy from Guillaume Nicloux, Gérard Depadieu and Michel Houllebecq (the real deal) meet in a thalassotherapy establishment. Philosophizing endlessly about trivial matters, they try to cope with their cure as best they can, while taking potshots at today's society. A film somewhere between a schoolboy documentary and an exercise in style.