People in Messina, which is one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean Sea, are celebrating Christmas in 1908. For being mean to children, animals and servants, Peter, the eldest son of a rich English family, is well-known in the country where they live. During the night, he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin in the city's Gothic cemetery. A servant boy from his mother's estate buried him there in retaliation for what he did to the people. During a powerful earthquake, Peter is trapped. His whereabouts are unknown. It wasn't until a hundred years later that an English archaeologist and his daughter arrived in the city.