From a remote village in Pakistan to the prestigious colleges of Cambridge, from the vibrant atmosphere of London to the Central European ambiance of Trieste. The film tells the compelling life story of Abdus Salam, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics and founder of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste. Through the firsthand accounts of leading figures in international science, such as Nobel laureates in Physics David Gross, Gerard ‘t Hooft, and Steven Weinberg, the film traces in parallel the most significant moments of one of the most creative and exciting periods in the history of physics.