In this staunchly surrealist offering from legendary director Fernando Arrabal, wealthy landowner Count Cerralbo yearns for the good old days, when he had more power than God and the ability to make peasants do his bidding. But while three of his sons have followed in his footsteps and spend their days assaulting the villagers of Villa Romero, his fourth son is an artist in love with a beautiful hermit who practices black magic.