In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.

玛丽（卡琳·瓦纳斯 Karine Vanasse 饰）出生于富贵之家，从小到大都享受着取之不尽用之不竭的锦衣玉食，这让她养成了挥霍无度的习惯。十九岁那年，样貌出众美艳动人的玛丽嫁给了法国国王路易十六（Olivier Aubin 饰）成为了王后，开启了她传奇的人生历程。
身为一国之母，玛丽不仅毫不关心民间疾苦，反而变本加厉的挥霍着金钱与人民的信任，而国王无度的宠溺让情况变得更糟。沉重赋税和痛苦生活的双重压迫之下，法国人民们忍无可忍，终于，在1789年的7月14日，法国大革命爆发了。愤怒的人民们关押了路易十六和玛丽王后，而等待着他们的，除了阴森可怖的断头台，别无他物。