在这部爱弦琴深剧情/爱情/音乐片中,1999年的卡萨布兰加，Malek是一个对音乐十分执着热情的鲁特琴音乐家，尽管母亲反对，但他依然坚持自己的音乐梦。父亲过世後Malek终於见到了多年不见的叔叔Amir，Amir拥有一间音乐学校，备受业界尊重，但Malek的母亲却憎恨他夺走丈夫的拥有一切而不准儿子与之往来。 但Malek不顾母亲反对，依然决定在Amir的音乐学校学习琴艺，Malek的天分立刻受到叔叔的赏识，没有儿子的他对侄子的要求也很高，但心高气傲的Malek常常在音乐上和Amir意见不同，时有冲突。Amir为了鼓励Malek，告诉他关於传奇音乐家Ziryab的故事，Ziryab是一个与众不同的音乐家，出生在巴格达，但他为了追求完美的音乐，放弃了荣华富贵而去了西班牙，在那里，他为鲁特琴加了第五根弦，鲁特琴每一根弦都代表一个元素，而这多出来的一根弦，代表的是灵魂。
In 1999, in the old Medina of Casablanca in Morocco, a young man Malek fascinated by the lute, decides to move in with his uncle Amir. To teach him the subtleties of the lute, Amir, the master of music, promises him to reveal him the secret of the fifth string and gives him the example of Ziryab, an exceptional musician. But very soon Amir realizes the talent of his nephew and can't bear it. During his education, Malek meets Laura, a young musician, who gives him the sufficient energy to pursue his dream.
