Some people dream of a gentle retirement enjoying crochet or cricket, but for two sexagenarians, a more cadaverous future awaits.
Newly retired teachers, Etta and Dora, take a walk along an old mule track connecting their mountain-top villages, each hoping to soothe the distress she feels at the paltry pension she will receive.
Meeting at the fabled Witches' Cave, they put aside their woes - the naked body of Sibilla, Castelmezzano's beautiful witch, lies dead at the foot of.