公元1271年，马可波罗展开充满传奇色彩的东方之旅，他将在中国的奇妙见闻编写成游记，满足了当时西方对中国的无比想象，然而在他有生之年重建东西方贸易连系的梦想却未实现。六百年后，一位胸怀壮志的探险家斯文赫定为追求显赫名声，决心跨越偏僻的中亚边疆地带，寻找梦想中的丝路城市。他不但开启了通往东方的探险之路，成为首位探索西藏及发现印度河源头的人，亦将中亚与丝路重新绘入了世界地图。

公元1271年，马可波罗展开充满传奇色彩的东方之旅，他将在中国的奇妙见闻编写成游记，满足了当时西方对中国的无比想象，然而在他有生之年重建东西方贸易连系的梦想却未实现。六百年后，一位胸怀壮志的探险家斯文赫定为追求显赫名声，决心跨越偏僻的中亚边疆地带，寻找梦想中的丝路城市。他不但开启了通往东方的探险之路，成为首位探索西藏及发现印度河源头的人，亦将中亚与丝路重新绘入了世界地图。

A modern villa in the dry Portuguese summer landscape. The sun scorching bright high in the sky, four well-built bodies - three male, one female - hanging out by the pool, on the porch, in the bedrooms. All seem to be waiting for something, or as it soon turns out - someone. Scene by scene we are revealed the complex interpersonal relations and the most important, the relation of all the characters with the one who is being waited for. Who is that mythical person and what will happen when he finally arrives? 　　Director Vicente Alves do Ó and his team have succeeded, with an enjoyably beguiling directorial style and visual style, to load dramatic and emotional tension into one of the most tedious of all activities - waiting. Four people waiting for the fifth one, someone who has left and unforgettable mark on the souls and hearts of all of them, in some cases the scar tissue almost visible to the plain eye. As the day gradually turns into night and our knowledge of the group and the mysterious guest that is en route grows, inserting the viewers at the same time with the awe and wonder - who is this devilish person that possesses so much psychological impact on people? 　　Hannes Aava

A modern villa in the dry Portuguese summer landscape. The sun scorching bright high in the sky, four well-built bodies - three male, one female - hanging out by the pool, on the porch, in the bedrooms. All seem to be waiting for something, or as it soon turns out - someone. Scene by scene we are revealed the complex interpersonal relations and the most important, the relation of all the characters with the one who is being waited for. Who is that mythical person and what will happen when he finally arrives? 　　Director Vicente Alves do Ó and his team have succeeded, with an enjoyably beguiling directorial style and visual style, to load dramatic and emotional tension into one of the most tedious of all activities - waiting. Four people waiting for the fifth one, someone who has left and unforgettable mark on the souls and hearts of all of them, in some cases the scar tissue almost visible to the plain eye. As the day gradually turns into night and our knowledge of the group and the mysterious guest that is en route grows, inserting the viewers at the same time with the awe and wonder - who is this devilish person that possesses so much psychological impact on people? 　　Hannes Aava

影片以1860年意大利的西西里岛为背景，通过萨里纳亲王这个中心人物的心路历程，反映出面对风起云涌崭新时代的到来，身处翻天覆地的社会变革的浩荡潮流当中，原有权贵和贵族因此而没落这一无奈而必然的命运。 　　萨利纳亲王一家原本过着平静的生活。但随着局势的急剧变化，亲王的外甥唐克雷迪投奔正在西西里登陆的青年意大利党人加里波军队。返回故里，唐克雷迪对市长塞达拉的女儿安杰莉卡一见钟情，两人情投意合，不久便订婚了。塞达拉答应给女儿一份丰富的嫁妆，这样便挽救了萨利纳即将衰败的家族，而塞达拉也因能跟大贵族攀亲而沾沾自喜。此后，西西里岛进行了全民投票，结果一致赞成归并意大利。都灵派来了使者，邀请萨利纳作为名门贵族的代表，参加议会工作，但被萨利纳拒绝了。新政府没有给这个沉睡了两千多年的岛屿带来任何变化，特别是加里波在战败后，巴勒莫上流社会的生活又恢复了旧貌，贵族们频频举行舞会，庆幸劫后余生。

故事发生在1860年的西西里岛。加里波第依靠志愿军的帮助将波旁王朝的军队赶出了意大利南部。在一段时间里，人们似乎看到了共和国建立的曙光。然而，由有…

《豹》改编自意大利有史以来最出色的小说之一，以 19 世纪 60 年代西西里岛的革命为背景，是一部令人目眩神迷的感官史诗。故事核心人物是萨利纳王子唐·法布里齐奥·科尔韦拉，他出身名门，生活美满。然而，随着意大利迈向统一，旧贵族秩序遭受威胁，他意识到家族未来危在旦夕。此时，寻找新盟友刻不容缓，周遭的一切都在挑战他的原则。最终，唐·法布里齐奥面临一个艰难抉择：他可以谋划让富有美丽的安杰莉卡嫁给侄子坦克雷迪，此举能保住家族遗产，却会让他最疼爱的女儿孔切塔伤心。这部剧集是对权力、爱和进步的代价这些永恒主题的现代探索。

讲述了西西里一个古老贵族在资产阶级革命风暴中经历的衰亡史，它记录了一个时代的结束，见证了另一个时代的开启。