What does the mysterious “Mona Lisa” hide? Italy, 1479. The maid Bellina Sardi accompanies her mistress Lisa Gherardini to the house of her husband, a successful textile merchant Francesco del Giocondo. Bellina's loyalty is tested when she falls under the spell of a charismatic monk named Savonarola. When master Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint a portrait of Lisa Giocondo, Bellina realizes that she must keep a painful secret... France, World War II. Young Louvre archivist Anne Guichard, taking mortal risks, takes the mysterious “Mona Lisa” out of Paris. Now Anna finds herself drawn into a dangerous game, with her own life and the fate of the sad “La Gioconda” at stake... The story of two courageous women who, five hundred years apart, risked their lives to protect the signora with a mysterious smile from harm. Leonardo da Vinci , his beautiful Lisa and his famous portrait find themselves in the crosshairs of history as two parallel eras collide, with much more at stake than art.