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Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。我想要描述那未被描述的感情、未經細嘗的滋味、未受到注意的想法。我想環繞著那生命的謎團，逼近它發聲，展開對話。 2014年香港、2015年臺灣，文化界舉辦了「回看也斯」活動，懷念逝世的作家也斯，以及他所聚集的美好年代。 也斯的創作涉獵不同的文化，跨越不同的媒體，好友則遍及東西各地。他寫作的詩、散文、小說和評論，如繁花盛開的狂夏，千姿百態。 本片啓動於2009年，當時也斯建議導演團隊：「若你想認識我，就去認識我的朋友，在我朋友身上都可以看到我的影子」。訪問不同領域的人士，包括學者、文學家、藝術家、服裝設計師和美食家，以及也斯家人等，在極具風格的訪談中，展開也斯從1950年代到21世紀的旅程。。