N'embrassez pas qui vous voulez #[nn]

A boy leans in for a kiss while a dark-haired girl in braids looks back at him with quiet skepticism — all of it unfolding beneath the looming portrait of Stalin, whose uniformed presence casts a long shadow over this childhood moment. Created by Marzena Sowa and Sandrine Revel, this Dupuis album uses that charged visual contrast to set the tone for a story of young lives shaped by a very particular political world. It's an intimate, beautifully observed work that promises both warmth and weight in equal measure.