The Road

The apocalypse has happened. The world is devastated, covered in ashes and corpses. Among the survivors, a father and his son wander on a road, pushing a shopping cart filled with miscellaneous objects, supposed to help them on their journey. In the rain, snow and cold, they advance towards the southern coast, fear in their bellies: hordes of savage cannibals terrorize what remains of humanity. Will they survive their journey?

After "The Brodeck Report", Manu Larcenet is once again adapting a major work of literature. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, "The Road" was a great success and was adapted for the cinema in 2009 with Vigo Mortensen in the lead role.

With this album, Manu Larcenet succeeds in an adaptation of absolute originality and yet of total fidelity. By placing his line under the novelist's words, by illustrating the silences of the story, the artist has appropriated the dark and fascinating universe of Cormac McCarthy's novel.