Director: Alejandro Amenábar

Running time: 134 mins.

Screenplay: Alejandro Amenábar and Alejandro Hernández

Cast: Julio Peña, Alessandro Borghi, Miguel Rellán, Fernando Tejero, José Manuel Poga, Luis Callejo, Roberto Álamo and Albert Salazar.​

Synopsis:

1575.

The young soldier Miguel de Cervantes is captured on the high seas by Arab corsairs and taken to Algiers as a hostage. Aware that a cruel death awaits him there if his family does not pay his ransom soon, Miguel finds refuge in his passion for storytelling.

His fascinating tales restore hope to his fellow prisoners and eventually catch the attention of Hasan, the mysterious and feared Bey of Algiers, with whom he begins to develop a strange bond. As tensions mount amongst his fellow prisoners, Miguel, driven by his unwavering optimism, begins to devise a daring escape plan.