Topaze #1

Based on Marcel Pagnol's beloved stage work, this first part of the Topaze adaptation from Grand Angle brings the story's sharp social comedy to vivid life on the page. The cover sets the scene perfectly: a flustered, bowler-hat-clutching man stands wide-eyed before a confident, elegantly dressed woman in a bustling classroom, rows of young students looking on with curiosity. Serge Scotto, Éric Stoffel, and Éric Hübsch bring a warm, expressive style to this 2016 adaptation that makes Pagnol's world of manners and morality feel immediately alive.