During the Spanish Inquisition, the sheriff of a Spanish town nurses an alcohol addiction while trying to investigate brutal slayings of nobles. Most of the slayings have a calling card left behind of a letter carved into the noble's body. Ultimately, the mysteries revealed, after a past decree that Jews be banished from the empire, these Jewish victims have hid their heritage and names in order to keep their wealth and prestige, to appear as Spanish royal families. But now they are being ticked off one-by-one by ... other secreted Jews. Just like in our World War, many would throw their brethren under the bus in order to save their own skin. The self-persecution comes at the desire of the secretly Jewish governor being blackmailed and not wanting to lose his wealth and position for his origin, so he blackmails the Jewish families on a secret list to prevent his own fall from grace. He intends to murder every Jew on this list except himself and his heir. The governor realized that being born Jewish is crime enough punishable by death, so ironically he kills people for being born Jews. The quasi-Christian sheriff, not knowing his own heritage of Jewish ethnicity, must now reconcile that this part of the Inquisition wasn't about the purging of sinners but about Jews murdering Jews to save themselves.
The content and setting are very intriguing but unfortunately, the acting and direction fall flat. The acting is very cringe-worthy and wooden.
The content and setting are very intriguing but unfortunately, the acting and direction fall flat. The acting is very cringe-worthy and wooden.