Plot synopsis In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to make knowledge accessible to all. The untold story of the tragic life of Leonardo da Vinci reveals the portrait of a young man tormented by the gift of genius. He is a heretic, eager to expose the lies of religion. A rebel, seeking to overthrow elitist society. An illegitimate son, demanding from his father recognition of his rights. He finds himself in the midst of a hurricane of passions that has slept for centuries. Inside a conflict between truth and lies, religion and intellect, the past and the future. His ambitions are used against him by the opposing forces of that era, drawing him into a seductive game in which those who despise his mind need him most.