"The Passion of the Christ" tar for seg en velkjent historie som har fått prege verdensanskuelsen i Europa og store deler av verden i snart to tusenår. Dette er Mel Gibsons (regissør/produsent/manus) store prosjekt som fokuserer på Jesu siste timer, ikke hele hans liv. De sentrale karakterene i filmen er foruten Jesus selv hans anklagere ved fariseernes yppersteprest, den romerske guvernøren Pontius Pilatus, og ved korsfestelsen Maria og Maria Magdalena.
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Muzafer Bislim comes up with some of his most insightful songs while sitting on the floor, recording lyrics into a cassette recorder bought at a flea market. A poet and songwriter who collaborates with the biggest names in Romani music, the 54-year old lives a life of modest means with his family in Shutka, Macedonia. Stored in the corner of his one-room house is a tottering, ceiling-high stack of handwritten, 25,000-word, multi-dialect dictionary of the oldest and most obscure words in the Romani language, which he has painstakingly collected over 35 years. When he's invited to the International Biennial of Poets held in Paris, he sees the trip as an opportunity to have his dictionary published. A testament to the endurance of a people who have been scattered across Europe, the dictionary is not only a work of art but also a rare link to a divided past.