Celebrated comic series “Epileptic” to get animated film treatment March 11, 2014 - 18:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - David B's Epileptic will be adapted into an animated film, Digital Spy reported. The French project will be released under the graphic novel's original title L'Ascension du Haut Mal (The Rise of the High Evil). The tonic-clonic seizures of one child are going to shatter the life of an entire family, who, throughout the '70s clings onto all the false hopes offered by magnetism and macrobiotic communities," reads the film's description. "Their epic battle with epilepsy nourishes an extraordinary imaginary world that each one throws onto reality as a lifebelt." The celebrated 1996-2003 comic series by David B (real name Pierre-François Beauchard) concerns the cartoonist's family life and his brother's severe epilepsy. Christophe Gérard directed the adaptation. The Epileptic film is yet to announce its release details. Related links:   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of Armenia |
