The story behind

A strange scene is playing out here, in the comic-strip world that inhabits Ugo Bienvenu's imagination, midway between reality and futuristic fantasy. An American diner provides the setting, nestled in a luxuriant landscape in which cars appear to have been replaced by horses. Our charming hero has come to the aid of a young lady who has got lost on the way to a ball in the half-light of a solar eclipse, enveloping the scene in an aura of mystery. The future is bright for romance.