Themes:
1. The human world is encoded with meaning.
2. The centrality of human relationships, especially male-female relationships.
3. The power of belief, and the need to believe.
4. The influence of the past upon the present.
Plot:
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon ('Tom Hanks') receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci - clues visible for all to see, and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society. In a breathless race through Paris, London and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who......
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Approximate Word Count: 891
Approximate Pages: 4 (260 words per double-spaced page) |