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Sandcastle (Hardcover)
Pierre Oscar Levy
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The inspiration for Old, a Blinding Edge Pictures production,
directed and produced by two-time Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan,
from his screenplay based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by
Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. It’s a perfect beach
day, or so thought the family, young couple, a few tourists, and a
refugee who all end up in the same secluded, idyllic cove filled
with rock pools and sandy shore, encircled by green, densely
vegetated cliffs. But this utopia hides a dark secret. First there
is the dead body of a woman found floating in the crystal-clear
water. Then there is the odd fact that all the children are aging
rapidly. Soon everybody is growing older—every half hour—and
there doesn’t seem to be any way out of the cove. Levy’s
dramatic storytelling works seamlessly with Peeters’s sinister
art to create a profoundly disturbing and fantastical mystery.
Praise for Sandcastle: “Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old. It
is a profound mystery sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so
beautifully and with such humanity. Its theme of ageing had me
thinking about my parents and children, and how quickly it all goes
by. From the moment I read this, I was changed.â€Â – M.
Night Shyamalan “Begins like a murder mystery, continues like an
episode of The Twilight Zone, and finishes with a kind of
existentialism that wouldn’t be out of place in a Von Trier
film.†—Publishers Weekly, starred review “By turns touching,
frightening, and strangely believable. It’s a low-key SF gem with
heart.†– SFX Magazine “Peeters and Lévy convey some
profound, if profoundly unsubtle, truths about the human condition.
Weighty stuff, expertly told.†—The Comics Bulletin
“Maximally eerie, unsettling.†– Booklist
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