The story takes place on the side of a secondary road, a place of slow-paced passages, of travels from a village to another, but also of rest.  A timeless place. The departmental road appears like a breathing space and transforms the surroundings into an outside world to watch and imagine.

The hero, the “I”, is a multiplicity of entities: the playwright, the epic storyteller the narrator.  And who is the Stranger? Hoped for, ardently desired, will she be at the meeting point? 

In order to voice Peter Handke’s most recent play, Alain Françon calls upon his recurring actors, including Dominique Valadié and Gilles Privat.