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Dan Brown found one of the most important sources for his book The Da Vinci Code in French research about the Holy Grail. This documentary follows a group of researchers on their quest to find the Holy Grail in France and charts the most important historical stages. The result is surprising: Is the grave of Joseph of Arimathea, the first keeper of the grail, located in the South of France? And is that where he also left the grail? The filmmakers set out to follow the grail’s traces in the South of France, from antiquity to the present day. As one of the first camera teams, they visit the grail caves near Vicdessos and show fascinating footage of the castle of Montsegur where the community of the Cathars found its gruesome end. You will find out why the Nazis under Heinrich Himmler tried to exterminate a whole village to carry out a building project of unbelievable scale: a new ‘Grail Castle’ in the heart of Germany. However, the center of attention is a village in the Southern French Pyrenees: Rennes-le-Château. Hundreds of researchers have been puzzled by its mystery to this day. In 1900, village priest Abbe Saunière is alleged to have found the grail. A model of the local landscape, a so-called ‘Maquette’, which supposedly shows the location of the grave, was found in his estate. For the first time it is revealed how the Maquette is meant to be read and where the marks in the landscape can be found. Can Joseph of Arimathea’s grave be located and is this where the legend of the Holy Grail comes full circle?