V for Vendetta

Synopsis

In the Years 1980, a World war bursts; Europe, Africa and the United States of America are reduced in ashes by nuclear weapons. The United Kingdom is saved by the bombardments but not by chaos and the floods resulting from the climatic disordered states. In this post-apocalyptic English company, a fascistic party, Norsefire, seize in hand the power and try to restore the country after having carried out an ethnic, political and social purification without pity.

In 1997, at the time when the party seems to have the situation under control, a Anarchiste begins a campaign to shake all the symbols of the capacity. This anarchist who is made call " V " carry a mask representing the face of Guy Fawkes, the most famous member of the Conspiration of the powders. At the time of its first brilliant deed (dynamiting of the Rooms of the Parliament), V saves Evey, young girl a 16 year old who was likely to be Viol ée then carried out for Prostitution.

Recurrent themes

Anti Fascism, anti Nuclear, ideal company, Anarchy (with the noble direction of the term), critical of the company, authoritative mechanisms, telemonitoring, handling of the media, official authority, obedience citizen, corruption, destruction of human and the knowledge, handling of the governments by the fear.

Albums

Volume 1: Faces (1989)
Volume 2: Truths (1989)
Volume 3: the Waltz of the defect (1989)
Volume 4: Valerie (1989)
Volume 5: Voyages (1989)
Volume 6: Victoria (1990)

Editors

Delcourt (Collection Smuggling) integral edition (1999) ISBN 2840552639
Vertigo editions Reissue (1995) ISBN 0930289528
Zenda: Volumes 1 to 6 (first edition of volumes 1 to 6).

Quotations of V

" Anarchie wants to say " without maître" , not " without ordre". With anarchy comes one era from Ordnung, of a true nature, which can be only voluntary. The order, if it is imposed, generates dissatisfaction, father of the disorder, relative of the guillotine. The authoritative companies are like the figure skating: complexes, of a perfect mechanical precision, and over very precarious. Under a fine layer of civilization, chaos watches for… When it feels chaos to pursue it, the authority will warp the cheappest intrigues to preserve a pretense of order… But an order without justice, love and freedom, which will not be able to slow down a long time the descent of their world to the hells. "

" the authority does not admit that two roles: the torturer and the victim, transform people into headstocks which know nothing any more but fear and hatred, while the culture plunges in the abyssals zone. The authority deforms his/her children and changes their love into a cockfight… The collapse of the authority will have effects on the desk, the church and the school. All is dependant. The equality and freedom are not luxuries which one draws aside with impunity. Without those, the order cannot survive a long time without approaching of unimaginable depths. "

" the country is not saved yet, does not think that… But all its old beliefs are reduced to the state of ruins, on which we can build… Here is their task: to move themselves, direct their life, their loves, their country… "

"The people should not fear their government, it is the government which should fear the people… " (c.f. Thomas Jefferson).

, yes, remember this 5 of November, his powders of his Conspiracy… Souviens this day remember -t'en with the lapse of memory I Remember then to solve me (c.f. has Nursery Rhyme Poem for Children)

Adaptations

V for Vendetta is a Film left in 2006.

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