In the early 1950s, in a village in the Cretan hinterland, a young boy discovers, at the funeral of a relative, that he has the ability to hear the thoughts of the dead. No one believes him at first, but when he publicly proves the truth of his claims, an uncle, realizing the potential for economic exploitation that lies ahead, convinces him to leave the village and start touring the villages of the plain, offering their services as 'interpreters of the dead'. From village to village and from funeral to funeral, each dead man tells his own story, reveals his own secrets and gives his own answers to the riddle of existence; only the dead always tell the truth, and the living do not want to hear truths...

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