Jesus, a carpenter living a simple life, discovers his destiny as the biblical Messiah.
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty.
Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.
