Andrew Hardwick

In the movie, Sir Ben Kingsley plays the role of a mysterious and cantankerous librarian who takes a group of school children on an enlightening journey to meet pioneering scientists and engineers from the history of Muslim civilisation. The librarian is then revealed to be 12th century engineering genius Al-Jazari.

Australia, finales del siglo XIX. El capitán Stanley (Winstone) ha capturado a dos jóvenes de la banda de los hermanos Burns. El trato que Stanley le ofrece al hermano mediano coloca a éste frente a un dramático dilema moral: si decide salvar a su hermano menor de morir en la horca, entonces morirá su hermano mayor.