2012 film directed by Luc Picard

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old 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 rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

关于巴宾的出生，有一个预言，那一天阴风怒号，浊浪排空。杂货铺老板夫妇在一起谈论着这几天的怪天气和古老的魔咒，正在此时，巫婆临盆了，在一番痛苦的挣扎与惨厉的号角声中，巴宾呱呱坠地。然而，他患有智障残疾的事实，却让这个家庭分崩离析。而且，镇上发生了奇怪的事情：杂货铺老板在培育萤火虫时引发教堂火灾，而神甫就在里面，结果那里成了一片废墟。当时巴宾在教堂边观望着冰凌，急切渴盼神往沉醉如同往常。发现起火他就拉钟。村里来了新的牧师。蛮横而且非常大意，是一个昏庸的制裁者。一次错怪了巴宾，就公报私仇指罪巴宾是纵火者。在他的恐吓和屈辱下，逼供在全村人面前说自己是纵火者。把巴宾送到绞首台。可是奇迹发生了……