During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent.
A young French actor, Matthieu comes to Greece. He meets a pregnant Greek woman, Xenia, who leaves for Andalusia to give birth there. Car breakdowns, strikes and pure chance, all serve to unite them. They will make the trip together.
After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
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