Still happy

After Madame and the race for the injunctions of the ideal body in soon summer, After Mr. and the race for capitalism in Christmas already, it's time for meeting ! Frédérique Bertrand gives us access to the daily life of a couple, watched by the wear and tear of time, but which does not lack resources. meeting the sharing of domestic tasks, it is all the complexity of the relationship and the family framework that is set in motion. And when the objects come to life, they come to confuse this life in which the characters seek to exist. Trapped by the desire to love and be loved, they lose sometimes their forms, sometimes their composure. They search for words as they go pages and are often on the verge of breaking. They nevertheless seem to remain deeply attached to each other…for better or for worse. Alternating between drawings, paintings and handwritten texts, this long sequence of moments, of a graphic richness nourished by the many experiences of Frédérique Bertrand, gives birth to a polymorphic story. Between farce, drama, comedy, absurd… it is a whole almost theatrical palette which is summoned for dissect our relationships with others alone or in pairs. Borrowing the codes of comics as much as of calligrams, the writing by Frédérique Bertrand touches the heart of a form of reality. encore heureux takes the reader on a joyful and unbridled by the intimacy of the couple that lasts…