It's a story that takes place in the 11th century, in a distant land, with men and women who seemingly do not look like us.
And yet, it speaks to us and touches us deeply.
It is modern.
It is the story of freedom, beauty and faith.
Its storyteller is Metin Arditi, who likes to search the undergrounds of the past for teachings for today.
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In the year 1078, in Acre, a city about a hundred kilometers from Jerusalem, Avner, a Jewish teenager who delivered fish to the monastery, lived in modesty.
His great pleasure is to taste a grilled galette covered with a layer of goat cheese and, at the beginning of spring, a fig coated in syrup offered to him by Thomas.
His other pleasure is to find the arms of Myriam, his cousin at night.
Avner's tyrannical father orders him to stay away from the church.
One day, Avner breaks the order.
He enters the church.
He is literally dazzled by an icon in the monastery.
The revelation.
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