Izabella Scorupco plays Carla, who is a con-artist somewhere in mediavel Sweden. Carla is disguised as a man and she is selling a "product" called Petri tårar (Tears of St. Peter). This product cures every sickness. In order to promote her product she promises to wake up from the dead all citizens of the town who have died within the last ten years. Both the bishop and the mayor are alarmed as they fear loss of influence over them and try to work against Carla. There are also many citizens who don't want to see their "loved ones" wake up from the dead. In order to make things more confusing, Carla and the son of the mayor, Mark, fall in love with each other.

Carlo Marcellini är en levnadsglad, förförisk ung man som reser runt i medeltidens Sverige och säljer undermedlet Petri Tårar. Hans spel är farligt, men vinsterna kan bli stora. Ingen får dock veta att denne charmige kanalje egentligen är kvinna. Allt går som smort – tills Marcellini förälskar sig i borgmästarsonen Mark...