Otago Productions

Why did Simenon, a novelist who contributed so much to the seventh art, like to say that he hated the cinema? Because he could never become a director? Because, claustrophobic, he was unable to lock himself in a projection room? Clearly, there is an affair between the writer and the cinema and Georges Simenon is the main protagonist. An investigation that is more than ever topical as Patrice Leconte has announced his plan to adapt an investigation by the famous Inspector Maigret.

What if Pokémon dethroned Marvel superheroes? What if Japanese cyberpunk hacked Hollywood's codes? What if manga adaptations were the lifeline of French comedy? At a time when series and films based on Japanese comics are multiplying on our screens, this documentary seeks answers to this new (r)evolution of manga, through a dialogue between Japanese creators and Western filmmakers, between Tokyo and Hollywood.