When a disillusioned priest discovers a girl buried in the basement of his rural chapel, he believes her to be an angel sent to him from God. After discovering that she has the power to heal the sick, the ambitious mayor of the failing town commercialises her as a tourist attraction, but she falls in love with the local misanthropic skater who encourages her to realise her true destiny, not as a beacon of salvation but as the harbinger of the apocalypse.