Overview

The story unfolds in the winter of the year 1215. A mysterious stranger who has escaped from prison arrives in a tiny, remote village in the kingdom of France plagued by famine and leprosy, and ruled by an ageing lord, a former hero from the Crusades, Lord Ocam. Together with his horde of knights, Ocam abducts a young girl from the village in order to exert his droit du seigneur over her. A handful of villagers, backed up by The Stranger, attempt to release her, but they only have until nightfall…

Genres

Cast

Jenna Thiam

Laure

Édith Scob

La grand-mère de Laure

Saleh Bakri

L'étranger

Jean-Claude Drouot

L'ancêtre

Matila Malliarakis

Matila

Stéphane Henon

Luc

Pascal Greggory

Jérôme Le Banner