When the elements rage and the river overflows its banks, the place where Quinta del Medio is located turns into an island. But even when the elements recede, people cannot escape from the town. Even if they leave, they still return, even after thirty years. The disasters that providence sends to the city in order to cleanse it of filth are quite predictable. And the inhabitants of Quinta del Medio lived in freedom, slept peacefully and died with dignity, until the devil put his unclean paws into this oasis of righteous life...