Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics for the Inquisition. Despite the opposition of the local priest and the indifference of the villagers, he finds a seemingly perfect suspect: a young woman who lives in a forest outside the village and cures people with herbs and folk remedies. In the process, he discovers the cult of the greyhound "Saint" Guinefort, and confronts his own troubled past.
Christine Boisson
as Elda
Tchéky Karyo
as Etienne de Bourbon
Féodor Atkine
as le comte de Villars
Raoul Billerey
as Siméon
Jean Carmet
as Le curé / Vicar
Catherine Frot
as Cécile
Maria de Medeiros
as Agnès
Gilette Barbier
as La sacristaine
Nicole Félix
as Madeleine
Jean Dasté
as Christophe
Mathieu Schiffman
as Le jeune Artaud
Michel Karyo
as Etienne jeune
