Sylvie, a mechanic, raises Léa alone — a rebellious teenager. During a freezing autumn, animal behaviour suddenly changes: nature revolts. In their isolated house at the edge of the forest, mother and daughter will have only each other to rely on…

7th century. Dymphna flees Ireland and her father, an incestuous king, to seek refuge in Flanders with her confessor. But when a wandering vagabond arrives at their hermitage, the repressed fears and desires of the young girl begin to surface.

On the night of the national holiday of April 21st (Tiradentes Day), a group of young students breaks into the university where they study in order to play a tabletop RPG game. Throughout the night, they are brutally attacked by a mysterious killer who dresses as Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (the historical figure known as Tiradentes) and who harbors a dark secret involving the political course of Brazil over the last decade.