简介：Inawell-actedhistoricaldramaaboutclashesbetweenoppositeendsoftheeconomicandculturalspectrum,aliteralwitchhuntinaBasquevillagesetsorthodoxreligionagainstpaganbeliefs,feudallordsagainsttheimpoverishedpeasantry,abusivemenagainstdefenselesswomen,andinsomeways,SpaniardsagainstBasques.Thewitchesarefemaleandfromthelowerclasses,thepersecutorsarewealthywhiteChristians.ThestoryrevolvesaroundGarazi(SilviaMunt)whosegrandmotherisburnedatthestakewhenconvictedbytheSpanishinquisitorofbeingawitch,somethingthatbringsGaraziundersuspicionandeventuallyintoprison.Sheistorturedinprisonandrapedbyherrejectedsuitor,thevicioussonofalocallandlord.WhileGaraziissufferingherownpain,astruggleonamuchbroaderscaleisintheoffing.