Meet Ruy, the little Cid, a brave youngster who live in the Middle Ages. Watch his first feats and follow the early years of a well-known knight. Ruy, the little Cid, is a young boy who dreams a future as an invincible warrior. The making of the most famous medieval hero.

Spain, 1961. Life in the small village of Torrelobatón, in the province of Valladolid, was turned upside down when the cinematic magic circus of a future Hollywood blockbuster, produced by Samuel Bronston, the rogue mogul of his own film empire, came to town: its inhabitants became participants and witnesses of the shooting of “El Cid,” a film directed by Anthony Mann, starring mythical actors Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. Those days, legends came alive.