Appoline, disparue il y a 8 ans #[nn]

The cover of this 2009 Casterman release pulls no punches: a young woman with auburn hair screams in anguish or desperation, her body pressed low against the ground in a moment of raw, visceral intensity. The stark contrast between the dark background and her green jacket makes the image impossible to look away from. With the haunting tagline "Disparue il y a 8 ans…" — missing for eight years — TBC and Morvan set a deeply compelling emotional stage for this French-language thriller.