A newlywed couple is held captive in a remote lake house by a maniacally optimistic inventor and his sour wife who are desperate to finance his dream project with a half-baked blackmail plot.

故事发生在18世纪，主人公是一位盗墓者，他向神父忏悔自己的盗墓生涯，包括挖掘尸体，以及之后贩卖的流程，主要是将尸体卖给一个贵族的医生。