2024
118 min
El Cid retells from a contemporary perspective the story of the most famous Spaniard in history, a man trapped between two worlds and two cultures. A nobleman, a hero, a mercenary, a vassal, but also a man who could have been king. El Cid was centuries ahead of his time and became transcended by his own legend.
After the murder of Flaín, the Count of León, there are many who point to Ruy as guilty. Meanwhile, the one from Vivar is forced to return to Zaragoza where he knows that he has been sentenced to death for having slept with Amina, the Emir's daughter. In León, Urraca discovers that Jimena and Ruy are in love, and hatches a plan to take advantage of this information.