Shortly after the civil war, a six-year-old girl attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes haunted by her memory of it.

Upon the death of their father, two sons return to the City of Guepez to hear their father's will. In it, it states that his firstborn Archimboldo will get his home, while his younger brother, Gumaro, will receive the town's valuable movie theater. The only condition to keep the precious theatre is for it to be profitable quickly; otherwise it will be given to the older brother. In turn, Gumaro begins to create competition by selling pirated movies....