Sirāt: No Lesson to Learn
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.

France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
The one-way journey went to the desert that refused to offer an answer or a transcendence.
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