The inhabitants of San Hilario used to make their living from their talent at organising beautiful funerals, but the pace of modern life and the need for quick funerals has left them almost without work. When a very wealthy man, Germán Cortés, decides to make San Hilario his final resting place the villagers see the opportunity to save their business, but when a fugitive is mistaken for Mr. Cortés, things start to get complicated...