"Noli Me Tangere" is a 19th Century novel by Jose Rizal that dramatically showcases the persecution of a socialite in the Philippines by religious hypocrisy and corruption.

After studying abroad, Crisóstomo Ibarra has returned to the Philippines. He is at first surrounded by good friends, a beautiful fiancée and a supportive upper class, but with a priest with a vendetta against his father and people against his wishes to change the country for the better. He'll be forced to faced the harsh cruel reality of corruption.