Au coeur des ténèbres

In the late 19th century, the young man Marlow is sent from Europe to colonial Congo to search for a man named Kurtz who mysteriously has disappeared.^[1]

Benjamin Roure of BoDoï [fr] wrote that adapting Heart of Darkness is a dangerous task due to its intentionally obscured perspective and the protagonist's gradual discovery of absurdity. Roure wrote that Miquel and Godart succeed brilliantly at telling the story with a slow and hypnotic rhythm, which works in harmony with the "semi-realistic" drawing style, with reddish brown hues and imagery that never becomes boring.^[1]