AGORA
Alejandro Amenábar (Spain, 2009)
Starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella
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2010 GOYA AWARDS (SPANISH OSCARS)

Set in ancient Egypt under Roman rule, AGORA follows the brilliant and beautiful astronomer Hypatia (Rachel Weisz) who leads a group of disciples fighting to save the wisdom of the Ancient World, as violent religious upheaval spills into the streets of Alexandria.

Among these disciples are two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged Orestes (Oscar Isaac) and Davus (Max Minghella), Hypatia's young slave, torn between his secret love for her and the freedom he knows can be his if he chooses to join the unstoppable surge of the Christians.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF "THE OTHERS" AND "THE SEA INSIDE"

"The mother of all secular humanists fights a losing battle against freshly minted religious zealots in AGORA, a visually imposing, high-minded epic."
- Todd McCarthy, Variety

"Alejandro Amenábar has made an ambitious, cerebral and complex movie set in fourth-century Alexandria, the era in which the famous library was destroyed."
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian UK