In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an eleven year old boy is worried for his grandmother’s life. Ill and weakened, the elderly storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using incredible tricks, will eliminate the looming Death that threatens them. From now on, death will coincide with the birth of legends.

En 1988, à Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, un garçon de 11 ans s'inquiète pour la vie de sa grand-mère. Usée par la maladie, la vieille conteuse tente de rassurer son petit-fils que la Mort n'existe plus. Son récit fera revivre les personnages extraordinaires du village de 1927 qui, par des tours rocambolesques, élimineront la Mort qui les menace.