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Jun 7, 2010 · Agora had the potential to be a great film but winds up being somewhere slightly above average, and ends up feeling longer than its 126 minutes (15 shorter than its Cannes version). While I’d say it’s worth checking out, I wouldn’t recommend planning your weekend around this cinematic outing. 6.5 out of 10. Cannes Oscar Isaac. Alejandro ...
4th century A.D. Egypt under the Roman Empire... Violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the city's famous Library. Trapped inside its walls, the brilliant astronomer Hypatia and her disciples fight to save the wisdom of the Ancient World... Among them, the two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged Orestes and Davus, Hypatia's young slave, who is ...
Aug 18, 2020 · The film. In Alejandro Amenábar’s Ágora we can appreciate two opposed forces: the mind anesthetised absolute inane thinking of the masses versus the level-headedness of those who realise they don’t know everything. Realisation which leads to an infinite thirst for knowledge and to share that knowledge with others so that they can live a ...
Agora. Set in ancient Egypt under Roman rule, "Agora" follows astronomer Hypatia (Oscar winner Rachel Weisz, "The Mummy") as she leads a few disciples fighting to save the wisdom of the ancient world. Among these disciples are two men vying for her heart: the privileged Orestes (Golden Globe nominee Oscar Isaac, "Star Wars") and a young slave ...
Jun 9, 2010 · Review: Agora. By Robert Levin · Published on June 9th, 2010. It’s possible to admire the grand, sweeping ambitions poured into the production of Agora without having much use for the movie ...
Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora implies a history of intolerance, backward thinking, bloodshed, and sheer insanity in the name of religion. Beginning in 391 AD, the story concerns Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), the top librarian, mathematician, and philosopher in Roman Egypt’s city of Alexandria.
Jun 8, 2013 · The movie also delves into heliocentric model of the universe. After a nasty altercation between Pagan and Christian forces, the Pagans are pardoned and allowed to leave but the library and its precious contents are given over to the Christians to do with as they see fit.
