Bear Street

AT THE BEARS In the rue de l'Ours, in Colmar, there is a kosher butcher. Behind the counter, there is Aunt Thérèse, known as Loulou. In the back room, Georges, the uncle, does the accounts. Cross the small courtyard, Sylvain is in his laboratory. It is here that Serge finds his father who prepares the meat. The butcher's shop is the epicenter of the Bloch family. And for good reason, it is transmitted from father to son. Serge Bloch remembers. He tells of the grandfather, his parents who had to flee the region during the war. The 1960s. Jewish rites. The great joys and petty thefts of childhood. And draws up a gallery of strong and endearing characters. The portrait of a touching family, where love is said without words. FROM KNIFE TO PEN If the butcher's shop has closed and is now only a blind storefront, the fact remains that a legacy remains. That of the beauty of movement. Attention, work, precision. Serge learned there the love of a job well done. Precise gesture. The knife turned into a pencil. But the legacy is well anchored. WRITE, DRAW Who better than Marie Desplechin to tell this family story? With an accurate pen, she sneaks into the past of the Blochs, with incredible tenderness. Opposite, Serge Bloch, with a pencil stroke, sketches these scenes, which had until then remained nestled in his memory. Two artists who share an irresistible sense of humor.