Young Adso denounces the hedonistic ways of his influential father and joins the enlightened friar, William of Baskerville, as his new apprentice. They arrive at an abbey for an important theological debate but a strange death occurs.

Cast: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Greta Scarano, Richard Sammel, Stefano Fresi, Roberto Herlitzka, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Nina Fotaras, Maurizio Lombardi, Guglielmo Favilla, Piotr Adamczyk, Tchéky Karyo, Benjamin Stender