Kevin Capelle

The beaches of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, a small coastal region of the French Loire, fill up with tourists in summer. But when fall arrives, its great hotels and luxurious spa-resorts become deserted. A situation which Leo takes advantage of to live far away from everything and everybody.

Atmospheric images accompanied by excerpts from *Solitude* by Guy de Maupassant (1884) * a melancholy study about loneliness inside and outside a gay relationship.