Middle-aged disabled, alcoholic and lonely, he has only the memories of a reprehensible and "disintegrated" life to occupy his time - apart from reading the Journal he's kept all his life and trying but failing to write a novel; he's frightened and friendless, desperate to atone for his sins, but convinced it's too late. Curious young Michael enters his desolate world, offering to do the chores... and bringing with him a confused awakening. The memories and guilt of an older man clash with the vibrancy of youth and the emotions of attraction and rejection become ominously entangled. Can Roly...