The Outlaw

Set in 16th-century Spain, gifted playwright Lope de Vega returns from war full of ambition but is forced to work as a copyist. He falls for Elena, daughter of a powerful theater impresario, unaware she is already married. When the affair unravels, Lope exposes her family's hypocrisy, forcing him to flee the law. Helped by a childhood friend with her own feelings for him, he escapes and discovers love amid pursuit and betrayal. AKA Lope.