Leto 33 naše dobe. V rimski provinci Judeji skrivnostni mizar, imenovan Jezus iz Nazareta, začne naznanjati prihod "božjega kraljestva" in se obkroža s skupino ponižnih ribičev: apostolov. Židovi so že stoletja čakali na prihod Mesije - providnostne osebnosti, ki bi osvobodila svojo sveto domovino in vzpostavila nov red, ki temelji na pravičnosti. Jezusovi nauki pritegnejo veliko množico privržencev, ki ga prepoznajo kot Mesijo. Prepričan nad situacijo, Sanhedrin s pomočjo Juda Iscariota, enega od dvanajstih apostolov, aretira Jezusa. Kristus je obtožen izdaje proti Rimu izročen Ponciju Pilatu, ki ga v izogib neredu obsoja na smrt na križu kot običajnega zločinca.

Oskarjev nagrajenec Mel Gibson, ki nas je v kinih nazadnje šokiral s krvavim Kristusovim pasijonom in ki je režiral in tudi igral v filmih Pogumno srce in Mož brez obraza, nas tokrat želi podučiti o vzrokih za propad veličastne civilizacije Majev. S pomočjo mladeniča Jaguarja, ki ga majevski bojevniki ujamejo in namenijo žrtvovanju bogovom, spoznamo nekdaj mogočno kulturo, ki so jo zanemarjanje okolja, verska obsedenost s krvavimi obredi in ustrahovanje vladarjev, pripeljali na rob propada.

Muzafer Bislim comes up with some of his most insightful songs while sitting on the floor, recording lyrics into a cassette recorder bought at a flea market. A poet and songwriter who collaborates with the biggest names in Romani music, the 54-year old lives a life of modest means with his family in Shutka, Macedonia. Stored in the corner of his one-room house is a tottering, ceiling-high stack of handwritten, 25,000-word, multi-dialect dictionary of the oldest and most obscure words in the Romani language, which he has painstakingly collected over 35 years. When he's invited to the International Biennial of Poets held in Paris, he sees the trip as an opportunity to have his dictionary published. A testament to the endurance of a people who have been scattered across Europe, the dictionary is not only a work of art but also a rare link to a divided past.