A beautiful teenage shepherdess named Adega sleeps one night with a mysterious pilgrim in a barn of impoverished and superstitious Galicia of the nineteenth century. The overwhelming fanaticism of the villagers motivates them to consider the outsider an envoy of Satan, reason why they deny him the lodging. The pilgrim, on the other hand, will react by cursing the people with plague and misery.

En la Galicia empobrecida y supersticiosa del siglo pasado, un misterioso peregrino posee a una adolescente pastora en un establo. El fanatismo desbordado por los aldeanos motiva que consideren al forastero un enviado de Satanás, dándole muerte. (FILMAFFINITY)