Agnès Manoury

In a crumbling military outpost, Woyzeck—a weary soldier—drifts between duty and despair, haunted by silence and the wind. His wife Marie, restless and unloved, falls for the pompous Drum Major, igniting a spiral of humiliation and betrayal. Mocked by his superiors and beaten by his rival, Woyzeck retreats to the pond where only his child offers comfort. As madness and sorrow converge, he makes a tragic choice on a moonless, blood-stained night—finally expressing the love he never could.

A look at the work of Japanese woodblock printing artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).