Sintra, 1348. The Black Plague ravages the village and the country. The local notary, João Lourenço, discovers that he has got the terrible disease and understands that he has only one week to live. In a disturbing narrative João Lourenço revives his life, in a remembrance full of emotions that is also the memory of medieval Portugal.

(“A small masterpiece of a superb austerity.”

Daniel Bermond, “Lire” magazine, France - 2003)