{"id":514423,"date":"2022-12-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=514423"},"modified":"2022-12-11T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T09:12:07","slug":"black-butterflies-from-the-series-at-the-librairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/literature\/black-butterflies-from-the-series-at-the-librairie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abLes Papillons noirs\u00bb, from the series to the bookshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mody, a tormented writer lacking inspiration, is mysteriously contacted by an old man to write the story of his life: his love affair with Solange. Chronicle of a successful series transposed into a novel<\/b>, with a backdrop of murder and pop music seventies<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

At first reluctant to write the memoirs of a dying man, Adrien, known by his pen name Mody, soon becomes intrigued by the story of this illustrious stranger, who comes to him with the idea of writing down his love affair with Solange. Seemingly taciturn and quiet, Albert Desiderio reveals in the course of the recordings that he and Solange had formed a couple of serial killers<\/em> which took place every summer in 1970s France. The first murder was an accident, the subsequent ones carefully planned. Their relationship was as fusional as it was complex, and above all, totally out of control. Yet they never seemed to falter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the summer months, Solange and Albert went on vacation, crisscrossing the roads and committing murder after murder; the rest of the year, they were a quiet, model couple, working in their own hairdressing salon. And the more the memories recounted by old Albert Desiderio accumulate, the more Mody furiously lets off steam on his keyboard, laying down this text as if he were fighting in a ring. For he's beginning to realize that the story Albert tells him is not unlike his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No skimping on haemoglobin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Initially, Black butterflies<\/em>, is a frenzied whodunit in the form of a six-episode series, broadcast on Arte and Netflix, which turns into a psychological drama, probing the impulses of the characters. Whether it's the couple Albert and Solange or Adrien Winckler, no one hesitates to give free rein to their violence, even if it means having to wipe away the traces of blood afterwards. But this deafening violence is never gratuitous, creating an atmosphere heavy with unspoken words and revelations that turn the plot and the viewer on their head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abI'm telling you dates, names, places, I'm describing scenes with details, but that's not what's essential. What's essential is what was going on in our heads, and that can't be told. You have to experience it to understand it. That's where your talent comes in, Adrien. It's up to you to transcribe all that, to imagine it, to immerse yourself in it, to feel it. That's why I called on you.\u00bb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Visually, the series is a true delight! The retro grain and disco music magnetize all the action. See Black butterflies<\/em>, To read the book is to plunge into a boisterous, acidulous atmosphere, to the rhythm of a plot made up of secrets and excesses, to swing through flashbacks in pop, sunny hues, in stark contrast to the darkness of souls and their crimes. But does reading the book mean finding that same tempo?<\/p>\n\n\n\n