The 2006 movie 'Da Vinci Code' directed by Ron Howard is an adaptation from Dan Brown's best-selling novel with the same name. The film stars Tom Hanks as symbologist Robert Langdon who together with French cryptographer Sophie Neveu (played by Audrey Tautou) embarks on a perilous journey to unravel mysteries hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's famous paintings.

The story begins when an elderly curator at the Louvre Museum is found dead, his body posed exactly like one of Da Vinci's most famous works - 'The Last Supper'. Langdon who was giving a lecture about secret societies and codes left behind by masters such as Michelangelo soon finds himself being pursued by authorities. The reason? A cryptic message hidden inside the Louvre's most prized possession points to an ancient mystery that has been kept under wraps for centuries.

As Langron (Langdon) tries to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, he teams up with Sophie Neveu - a feisty and resourceful Frenchwoman who is revealed later in the movie to be actually Robert Langrond's own descendant. Together they embark on an adventure that takes them across Europe from Paris to London, Rome to Paris again.

Along their journey they come face-to-face with some of history's most enigmatic figures including Leonardo da Vinci himself (played by what can only be described as a brilliant performance by the incomparable Jude Law). They also encounter other equally fascinating characters like Sir Leigh Teabing - an eccentric English aristocrat played to perfection by Ian McKellen.

Throughout their thrilling quest, Langdon and Neveu follow clues left behind in da Vinci's paintings which ultimately leads them towards one earth-shattering revelation: Jesus Christ was not who we thought he was but rather a woman named Mary Magdalene! Yes you heard it right - according to the theory put forth by Dan Brown in his novel upon which this movie is based on, Christianity as we know today has been perpetuating lies for over two thousand years.

The film ends with Langdon and Neveu escaping from their pursuers just barely alive but not before revealing that there may well be more books yet to come in this captivating series of codes hidden within famous works of art waiting to be deciphered.

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