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Ballad for Sophie (2020)

von Filipe Melo

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A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor's son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos. When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?… (mehr)
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The art is as disheveled and compelling as Monsieur Dubois. Just gorgeous~
  hannerwell | Feb 24, 2024 |
A vida de Julien Dubois, pianista de sucesso, confunde-se com a história da Europa do século XX. Desencantado e misantropo, vive a reforma numa velha mansão, com um gato e uma governanta por companhia.
Um dia, é visitado por uma jovem jornalista que o incita a contar a sua verdadeira história. Nas paredes da casa, saturadas de fumo de cigarro e de velhas memórias, ressoa a confissão de uma vida feita de rivalidade, desamor e arrependimento.
Balada para Sophie é uma deslumbrante novela gráfica de uma das duplas mais consagradas da Banda Desenhada em Portugal. ( )
  Jonatas.Bakas | Jun 5, 2023 |
Ballad for Sophie is a cute graphic novel about a fictional French pianist Julian DuBois. Born in the late 1920s Julian, the heir of a wealthy family, meets Francois Samson, a janitor's son, at a piano contest in Cressy-la-Valoise. Julian wins because his mother bribed the judges but Julian knows that Francois was a better player. It bothers him his whole life. Julian has phenomenal success and is adored in France, selling many records and playing to sold out crowds. He even meets Francois' wife and has an intimate affair with her. The plot then moves to 1997 with an old and bitter Julian meeting a journalist from Le Monde named Adeline Jourdain who wants to interview him. She arrives at his home, a huge mansion that he inherited from his mother, and prods him to talk about his life. He begins to tell his story but when she reveals that she is Francois' daughter, Julian composes his first score, a ballad for her.

I enjoyed the book but it was a little boring in the middle. It was a beautiful story, though, and quickly picked up when Julian began to understand his accomplishments, failures and how to behave as a good person. The characters were fully developed which gave the story depth. It was a fun read that transported me to France in my comfy chair and I highly recommend for anyone who wants to relax for a while and forget the present. ( )
  Violette62 | Dec 12, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
It's 1997 in France and a famous pianist, who has become a cranky old recluse, slowly opens up and tells his life story to a young interviewer. He mostly laments how he was a sell-out Salieri to his nearly supernaturally talented lifelong rival. The story ranges from his childhood in the 1930s, through occupied Paris during World War II, to his post-war career as a Liberace-like pop star with its requisite VH1 Behind the Scenes arc of self-destructive behavior.

It's a bit predictable, but simply and well told with characters who are easy to become attached to. ( )
  villemezbrown | Jan 19, 2022 |
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A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor's son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a huge mansion stained with cigarette smoke and memories, a bitter old man is shaken by the unexpected visit of an interviewer. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, Julien composes, like in a musical score, a complex and moving story about the cost of success, rivalry, redemption, and flying pianos. When all is said and done, did anyone ever truly win? And is there any music left to play?

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