Madrid, Spain, December 27, 1870. General Juan Prim i Prats, president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War gets involved in a treacherous ambush, is mortal injured and dies three days later. A mystery, a conspiracy, a murder that was never solved.
The movie is divided into six distinct chapters, each one basically a video for the six songs that make up the soundtrack. The overall setting is a dystopian world in which the people are controlled by the sound of bells.