Das Geheimnis des Kalligraphen

A colorful narrative arabesque - sensual like calligraphy. A rumor spreads like wildfire through the winding streets of the old city of Damascus: The beautiful Nura is said to have left her husband, the famous calligrapher Hamid Farsi. Unheard of in Syria in 1957. Why would she give up a life that many envy her for? Could she have been kidnapped by her husband's opponents? After all, Farsi is working on a radical reform of the Arabic language. In his zeal, he overlooks that his ambitious project is considered highly blasphemous by religious fundamentalists and puts his life in danger. He also fails to notice that a passionate love affair has developed between his neglected wife and his apprentice Salman, a Christian...