It was a brand-new challenge for him in the development of his art. He did what he wanted. So well, in fact, that even today, I have the feeling that in writing it, I saw exactly the same things that he drew.' On the subject of Peeters' artwork, he adds: 'He told me at the time that he wanted to work on the question of how characters age, and that my story was perfect for that. 'Which how long, torturous, and romantic its history is - and how happy I am that Fred illustrated it and that M.

Inspired by a real-life beach Lévy and his parents would visit in Asturias, Spain every year, Sandcastle originally started out as a screenplay 'that I wanted to film myself in the '80s,' the writer admits. But other than that, he respected the script to the letter. His desire to not be explicit goes well with his personal taste for mysterious and fantastic stories . I have an absolute need to understand the world, what is happening, why.' If I were to ever publish the sequel, upon a re-read, all will become clear. Fred was really happy to give no explanation and he changed two details - if I recall correctly - so the clues were less clear.

'Everything that happens as an event in Sandcastle has a precise explanation,' he says. 'If you look at the comic, certain are there. Unlike its big-screen adaptation, Sandcastle (illustrated by Frederick Peeters) ends on a more ambiguous note, though Lévy does promise that there is an explanation.

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