In the powerful Córdoba of the second half of the 16th century, a young Muslim from Spain, torn between two cultures and two loves, embarks on a passionate struggle for religious tolerance and the rights of his people.
Andalusia, 1568. In the valleys and mountains of the Alpujarras, the cry of rebellion erupts: fed up with injustices, plundering, and humiliations, the Muslims of Andalusia, forced to convert to Christianity, rise up against the Spanish Inquisition in an unequal battle that will lead to their defeat and dispersion throughout the kingdom of Castile.
Among the rebels is young Hernando, son of a Muslim woman and a priest who raped her, rejected by both his own for his origin and by the Christians for his family's customs and traditions.
During the uprising, he experiences the brutality and cruelty of both sides, but also finds love in the brave Fatima with her large black eyes...
After the defeat, he is forced to live in Córdoba and, through the hardships of daily survival, he strives with all his might for his culture and religion—the culture and religion of the defeated—to regain the dignity and role they deserve. For this purpose, he does not hesitate to face dangers and undertake very remote and extremely risky initiatives...
