A group of friends climb the mountain in search of a new adventure. But their trip takes an unexpected turning point after the first night, since Marta tells her friends an ancient legend about "the lady of the damned forest". Nobody knows if that tale could be true.

Spain, 1944, a country in turmoil, times are hard. Almost bankrupted by his late father's gambling debts, Ricardo, is forced to scrape a living as a shoe-shine boy, in order to care for his recently widowed sister and to keep them in their family home.