In 1271, the Seventh Crusade has failed. During their retreat, the troops transport the remains of King Louis IX, the Holy King, across the peninsula. A world has ended, and five young people with nothing in common set out to find the location of the Holy Shroud, stolen by traitors at the French court. Their journey will take them from the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines to Thebes, where the sacred relic is hidden.

Raoul Bova
as Giacomo di Altogiovanni

Edward Furlong
as Simon di Clarendon

Thomas Kretschmann
as Vanni delle Rondini

Marco Leonardi
as Ranieri di Panico

Stanislas Merhar
as Jean de Cent Acres

Carlo Delle Piane
as Giovanni da Cantalupo

F. Murray Abraham
as Delfinello da Coverzano

Gigliola Cinquetti
as Madre Superiora

Lorenzo Balducci
as Erede

Cesare S. Cremonini
as Monaco Usciere