Madrid, 1956. The regime of General Franco subjected Spanish cinema to strict censorship in order to impose its own version of historiography. In this repressive environment, the journalists Emilio Sanz, an old, disillusioned Falangist, and Léon Lenoir, a heartthrob and admirer of Albert Camus, cross the path of a serial killer whom Sanz has been pursuing for years. His 17th victim is found in the middle of a movie theater, and the two quickly realize that this macabre staged murder hides a message...