正在度假的房产税收专家露易莎·劳伦特（Silvia Abascal 饰）接到上司爱德华多的电话，要求她火速前往位于蒙特·奈格洛的瓦德马尔公馆。这座公馆建造于维多利亚时期，有着悠久的历史。早在一个月前爱德华多便派下属奥利西亚前去进行资产评估，准备将公馆拍卖。然而奥利西亚从此杳无音讯，适逢拍卖日期提前，他只得匆忙找到露易莎。经过一番讨价还价，露易莎临危受命。她来到这幢破败的宅邸，却在视察内部情况是见到一具高度腐烂的尸体。
4天后，露易莎也宣告失踪。她的老板马克西米连（Eusebio Poncela 饰）万般无奈，找到私人侦探尼古拉斯（Óscar Jaenada 饰）调查两名员工的下落。尼古拉斯却在调查过程中，慢慢揭开瓦德马尔公馆那令人心悸且鲜为人知的过去……

Orense, Spain, 1940, just after the end of the Civil War. Every time Elena locks the door of her home, she and her children become the faithful guardians of a sacred secret: Ricardo, her husband, their father, hides in the house, trying to avoid the brutal political persecution of the victors, who hunt, as if they were wild animals, and imprison or execute, those who have lost the bloody and tragic struggle…

Salamanca, Spain, 1936. In the early days of the military rebellion that began the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), writer Miguel de Unamuno supports the uprising in the hope that the prevailing political chaos will end. But when the confrontation becomes bloody, Unamuno must question his initial position.

2023 film directed by Álvaro Gago