France As I Know It

"These stories hold up a mirror to us, in which we can each look at ourselves, whether male or female, sometimes in recognition but often surprising ourselves […]. An in-depth approach which Jean Viard skilfully ensures is steeped in the zeitgeist of today and in the air we breathe, making us grateful to him for recreating it with a clarity that is never without humour and humanity. […]" Éric Fottorino, director of the weekly magazine, Le 1.