In modern-day America, a narrator tells us part of Joan's father's childhood, which took place in Spain in the early 1940s. Joan waits for his father, Octavi, a victim of repression from the victorious faction in the Civil War, to be released from prison. Meanwhile, Joan makes up words. When Octavi appears, he tells his son he has to go on a very special trip...

In Cuento de la luna, the well-known Canadian author and director Philippe Soldevila, inspired by some stories by Pere Calders, pays tribute to his own father, Ignacio Soldevila Durante, who went into exile, abandoning his native Valencia.

Philippe Soldevila's artistic creation, recognized at festivals around the world, has always been influenced by his fascination with the topical issues of identity linked to emigration, cultural fusion, and exile.

Cuento de la luna It is the first work in a trilogy about immigration that is completed with A Tale of the Snow and A Tale of the Sun.