After ” Yuan, diary of an adoption which recounted the adoption of her daughter in China, the cartoonist and screenwriter Marie Jaffredo takes us this time to the sweetness of Japan on the path of resilience. A poetic story between a grandmother and her granddaughter that delicately addresses the issue of mourning.
It’s an album that combines the softness of watercolors with the colors of resilience. A poetic and initiatory story at the height of a child, which tells of mourning and its overcoming, through the awakening to nature and the five senses, and the learning of traditions.
A shock of cultures, but a shock full of tenderness, that of the transmission from a grandmother to her granddaughter. This child bears the sweet name of Sakura, which means “cherry tree” in Japanese.
” Sakura’s Spring » the new album of Marie Jaffrédo is published by Vents d’Ouest.
Reportage : Fanny Bleichner went to see the film adaptation of the web-series and the manga ” The visitor from the future “. The film by director François Descraques will be released tomorrow on French screens.