SYNOPSIS

COURT OF KING FERDINANDO I, CASTILLE XIth CENTURY SPAIN

Rodrigo is a likely hero: son of a noble; educated in the royal court; his best friend is Sancho (the king's eldest son); his lover, Gimena, daughter of the king's commander.

Handsome, young, brave, excellent swordsman, loyal. A dazzling future lies ahead of him. If anyone has it all, Rodrigo does.
Yet Rodrigo has an Achilles heel: he is naive in the world of court conspiracies and plots.
And his naievty is going to cost him dear ....

Now everything he has so effortlessly acquired is about to be snatched away from him.
His home, his love, his friendship, his country Rodrigo is about to lose it all ...

El Cid, the Legend, depicts Rodrigo's struggle to win these back. In his fight to reclaim his honor and his love Rodrigo not only discovers the profound universal values of family, love and friendship, but also transforms himself from youth into man.

El Cid, the Legend, vividly tells the story of a man's journey from here to legend, from Rodrigo de Vivar, El Cid.