La Peste [DVD]

In the second half of the 16th century, Seville was the metropolis of the Western world. America's gateway to Europa . City where wealth flourished easily thanks to international trade, gold, silver; to the coexistence of nationals and foreigners: Christians, Jewish converts, Moors, slaves, freedmen, rogues, thieves, prostitutes, nobles and commoners. But it was also a city of shadows due to inequality, famines and epidemics. In the midst of a plague outbreak, several prominent members of Sevillian society are found murdered. Mateo, condemned by the Inquisition, must solve this series of diabolical crimes to achieve forgiveness from the Holy Office and thus save his life. A life or death investigation in an environment of public repression and private hedonism; of mysticism and chaos; of relaxed convents and regulated brothels; of prisons as a hiding place; of hospitals as tombs; of betrayals and loyalties.