Emmanuel Comte is a school headmaster turned rancher in the rural village of Malejac, France. He uses his unexpected inheritance from his late uncle to purchase the titular Malevil, an English castle from The Hundred Years War neighboring his uncle's ranch. Once a tourist attraction, Malevil was condemned after a visitor was killed by falling masonry. The old castle becomes Emmanuel's passion and he spends a sizable amount of time and money renovating the property until it's comfortably habitable and operational.
His childhood friends stop by on Easter Sunday, …