The film is set in 1950s Spain, during the bleak early years of the Franco dictatorship. The story follows a priest who arrives at a remote, isolated village to take over the local parish. He quickly discovers that the village is haunted—not necessarily by ghosts in the traditional sense, but by the weight of a dark, unconfessed sin involving the previous priest and the mysterious death of a young woman. As he investigates, the line between divine justice and human cruelty blurs.
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This 11-minute short film is a modern reinterpretation of the Greek myth of . The film is set in 1950s Spain, during