Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith Betsey refuses to eat, but loses no weight. In an agonising dilemma torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
Jacinto is an adult with a ten-year-old mentality. He lives in Mallou, a shady abandoned village in the mountains, with his parents and his dear pig Martiño. The death of his pet on the day of the slaughter, and the arrival of two new foreign neighbors will turn his world upside down. Jacinto suspects that the newcomers are vampires and plan on getting rid of his family and gaining control of the village. To prevent it he will have to apply everything he has been learning from horror films.
Nadia travels to Valladolid to give Nestor French classes. There, she will be welcomed by his father, Fernando, an eccentric, traditional man who will immerse her in the heart of Castile. In a foreign environment populated by "banderillas" and bulls' heads, Nadia will do her best to teach Nestor the language of Molière. Or so she thinks.
Kyeong-mi, a young hearing-impaired woman runs off from an uncomfortable business dinner and drives to pick up her mother, who is also hearing-impaired. Then, Do-sik, a charismatic serial killer spots the mother while she waits for Kyeong-mi. He changes objectives when another young woman passes him while speaking on the phone. The killer's life is intermingled with that of the mother and daughter when she witnesses his murder attempt. Now Do-sik must get rid of both of them.
Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye-gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.
Ana se ve transportada a una onírica y peligrosa tierra en la que se alista en un ejército de chicas envueltas en una interminable y difícil guerra costera. Aunque consigue encontrar su fuerza en este emocionante mundo, se da cuenta de que no es la asesina que quieren que sea.
