Plaisirs d'auto

A series of short, often comic vignettes examine the pleasures and pitfalls of early automobile travel: couples and families embark on leisure drives, punctures and mechanical failures interrupt passages, chance encounters and changing landscapes shift mood between exhilaration and unease. Scenes alternate between intimate interiors and roadside episodes in woods, inns, and small towns, combining close observation of romantic and domestic gestures with lively descriptions of speed, sound, and technical frustration. The pieces mix gentle satire of manners with affectionate attention to modern mobility, portraying travel as both a liberating pastime and a source of social awkwardness.