Moonlight Encounters

Paperback book 6x9 — French, 132 pages

Alfred Sisley, a hardened old man steeped in melancholy, lives alone surrounded by his memories. Withdrawn from the world, he silently awaits a sign—that of his one true love. Powerless against the relentless passage of time, he tries to overcome his sorrows, to contain his recurring dreams, and to soothe his poignant writings, vestiges of an ever-awake inner life.

The encounter with Joey disrupts this fragile balance. In him, Sisley recognizes the reflection of his thirties: an intimate resonance, a profound unity, an unexpected synergy. Through music—which acts as a vibrant echo of his past—Sisley reopens the doors of his memory. He then confides his story to Joey, fragment by fragment, hoping to rediscover what he has been missing for so long.

Between shared silences and whispered confidences , their relationship becomes a suspended space where past and present converge. Each note, each glance, each word rekindles a buried presence. Sisley gradually understands that some encounters don't fill an absence, but rather give it meaning.