An audacious adaptation of the excellent first novel of the Malaussène saga, the film, released on October 16, 2013, is rather faithful to the paradoxical mindset of Daniel Pennac … Still, someone will have to explain to me how this giraffe ended up in this adventure… She wasn’t in the novel! Here’s the trailer.

Funny coincidence: I myself had adapted this novel for the Arscénic Theatre Company, based in La Rochelle, in 2011-2012.