Murder mystery at the infamous Grand Guignol theatre. At the dark and bloody heart of this period film by director Franck Ribière (producer for Álex de la Iglesia) is real-life iconic actor Paula Maxa (played by Anna Mouglalis), the most famous of the Grand Guignol’s leading ladies and the titular woman, who was graphically slain on stage multiple times a day. A young journalist suspects the theatre is linked to a series of gruesome murders. After falling for Paula and learning of her painful past, he aims to save her from a mysterious killer.