Umberto Fabbri

Sin and punishment Umberto Fabbri

From the outskirts of Paris, Jacques the peasant, departs to discover the true story behind the death of his daughter, Eliette. Swearing revenge, he leaves behind the whereabouts of his sister-in-law, Geneviève, who was responsible for Eliette's tranfer to the French capital. Left to drinking alcohol, Jacques engages in a crime that triggers a terrible crisis of consciousness. An accident ends up taking him to the mansion of the Marquis R. who, days later, receives the unforgettable visit by Allan Kardec and his wife, Amélie Boudet. The reading of the Spiritist codification will motivate true transformation in the peasant's life. But it's at the Conciergerie, on the banks of the Seine River, where Jacques achieves at last what he was seeking.