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Inawell-actedhistoricaldramaaboutclashesbetweenoppositeendsoftheeconomicandculturalspectrum,aliteralwitchhuntinaBasquevillagesetsorthodoxreligionagainstpaganbeliefs,feudallordsagainsttheimpoverishedpeasantry,abusivemenagainstdefenselesswomen,andinsomeways,SpaniardsagainstBasques.Thewitchesarefemaleandfromthelowerclasses,thepersecutorsarewealthywhiteChristians.ThestoryrevolvesaroundGarazi(SilviaMunt)whosegrandmotherisburnedatthestakewhenconvictedbytheSpanishinquisitorofbeingawitch,somethingthatbringsGaraziundersuspicionandeventuallyintoprison.Sheistorturedinprisonandrapedbyherrejectedsuitor,thevicioussonofalocallandlord.WhileGaraziissufferingherownpain,astruggleonamuchbroaderscaleisintheoffing.