Hara‑Kiri n°107 (Août 1970) is a classic example of the magazine’s early‑70s social satire mixed with staged photographic humour. This period of Hara‑Kiri leaned heavily on absurd, exaggerated setups to criticise everyday French life, class divides, and summer‑holiday culture.

The cover shows a cheerful labourer — wearing overalls, a beret, and covered in black grease — embracing a blonde woman whose back is marked with numerous greasy handprints.

The contrast between his dirty work uniform and her clean, carefree appearance symbolises the central joke:

“Vacances : pensez à ceux qui restent”(“Holidays: think of those who stay behind”)

This satirises France’s annual grandes vacances, when much of the country goes on holiday while working‑class labourers keep the infrastructure running.

The image exaggerates the disparity between leisure and manual labour: the worker’s over‑enthusiastic expression and the greasy handprints underline the inequity with burlesque humour rather than cruelty.