1984

By Xavier Coste
80′ / France

Based on the novel by George Orwell Adapted from the comic strip 1984 by Xavier Coste

• BD FNAC FRANCE INTER Prize 2022
• UDERZO Price 2021 for the best contribution to the 9th art
• Adapted in 15 LANGUAGES

Winston is employed at the Ministry of Truth, monitored at all times by cameras, spies, neighbors, he works to rewrite history. He vaguely senses that something is wrong in the world as he knows it.. That there must be meaning, somewhere. A secret. We discover the world of Big Brother through his eyes. He describes to us all the workings of this totalitarian state where individual freedoms are almost wiped out.. “1984” takes place in a dystopian future where the world is divided into three constantly warring superstates : Oceania, Eurasia et Estasia. During the two minutes of hatred, the big daily meeting where comrades scream their hatred in front of a screen presenting Goldstein, the enemy of the people, he meets the gaze of a woman... His life will then change.
His meeting with Julia, a rebellious colleague, sparks a forbidden love story and a desperate quest for the truth.

This feature film is planned for 2027 / This movie will be released for 2027