In this erudite conversation with the historian and philosopher François Coadou, Ernest T. elaborates on his most daring misdeeds, slips in a few well-deserved jibes and shares memories from his earliest childhood days. We follow the musings of a post-war child who already detested religion, found school horribly boring and preferred to let his imaginary world take shape through illustrated dictionaries. His arrival in Paris, the applied arts and the booksellers along the quays of the Seine, and above all the political context of the "Algerian Situation" and May 1968 shaped his artistic development. Between his early bread and butter jobs, he honed his style through caricatures for the press and commercial illustration, before setting forth on a more personal artistic path.

During this interview, he recalls his many encounters with leading figures of Surrealism (Achille Chavée, Pol Bury, André Balthazar...), Situationism (Maurice Henry) and many of Paris' anti-establishment artists dedicated to the creation of provocative images (Cavanna, Topor, Siné...).