Jean-Jacques Sempé

Inclinados sobre un gran folio en blanco en algún lugar entre Montmartre y Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé y René Goscinny dan vida a "El pequeño Nicolás", un niño risueño y travieso. La suya es una infancia alegre, llena de juegos, diversión, bromas, aprendizaje, complicidad, peleas y castigos. Las aventuras de Nicolás le llevan al estudio de sus creadores, donde habla con ellos de forma distendida. Sempé y Goscinny le cuentan cómo se conocieron y se hicieron amigos, y también responden a preguntas sobre su carrera, su infancia y sus ambiciones.

In the peaceful world of Little Nicholas, there is Daddy, Mommy, the school, but above all, his band of friends. They are called The Invincibles, but above all they are inseparable. At least they think so. But when Dad gets a promotion and announces that the family is moving to the south of France, Nicolas' world falls apart. How can he imagine life without his best friends?

If anyone knows anything about bikes, it’s Raoul Taburin, official bicycle dealer of Saint Céron, a lovely village in the South of France. But Raoul has a terrible secret: he has never been able to keep his balance on a bike without using stabilisers. His childhood and teenage years were spent trying to overcome his flaw - in vain. All attempts to tell his secret have also failed. Nobody believes him. When photographer Hervé Figougne moves to Saint Céron, the two men become fast friends. And when Figougne offers to photograph Raoul riding a racing bike along a mountain precipice, the moment of truth has arrived. He does all he can to avoid the photo shoot. But everything goes against him and he finally has to accept his destiny. “At least”, he thinks, “people will have to believe me”. But for Raoul Taburin, things are never that simple...

If anyone knows anything about bikes, it’s Raoul Taburin, official bicycle dealer of Saint Céron, a lovely village in the South of France. But Raoul has a terrible secret: he has never been able to keep his balance on a bike without using stabilisers. His childhood and teenage years were spent trying to overcome his flaw - in vain. All attempts to tell his secret have also failed. Nobody believes him. When photographer Hervé Figougne moves to Saint Céron, the two men become fast friends. And when Figougne offers to photograph Raoul riding a racing bike along a mountain precipice, the moment of truth has arrived. He does all he can to avoid the photo shoot. But everything goes against him and he finally has to accept his destiny. “At least”, he thinks, “people will have to believe me”. But for Raoul Taburin, things are never that simple...

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.

Nicolás vive feliz y querido por sus padres, con una pandilla de amiguetes con los que se lo pasa bomba...; no quiere para nada que las cosas cambien. Pero un buen día, Nicolás oye una conversación entre sus padres por la que entiende que su madre está embarazada. Le entra tal terror que se imagina lo peor: le va a caer encima un hermanito que acaparará todos los cuidados de sus padres... hasta el punto de que hasta puede que acabe abandonado en un bosque como Pulgarcito.

Años ochenta. Alice y Charlotte se acaban de graduar de la Universidad de Hampshire. Apenas pueden sobrevivir con un pobre salario, así que se ven forzadas a compartir su vivienda con una tercera inquilina llamada Holly en un minúsculo apartamento en la sección de Yorkville en Manhattan.