Title

Agora

Year

2009

Rated

R

Released

09 Oct 2009

Runtime

127 min

Genre

Adventure, Biography, Drama

Director

Alejandro Amenábar

Writer

Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

Actors

Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom

Plot

Alexandria, 391 AD: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Her student Orestes is in love with her, as is Davus, her personal slave. As the city's Christians, led by Ammonius and Cyril, gain political power, the institutions of learning may crumble along with the governance of slavery. Jump ahead 20 years: Orestes, the city's prefect, has an uneasy peace with Christians, led by Cyril. A group from the newly empowered Christians has now taken to enforce their cultural hegemony zealously; first they see the Jews as their obstacle, then nonbelievers. Hypatia has no interest in faith; she's concerned about the movement of celestial bodies and "the brotherhood of all". Although her former slave doesn't see it that way.

Language

English

Country

Spain

Awards

11 wins & 14 nominations.

Metascore

55

imdbRating

7.2

imdbVotes

57,015

imdbID

tt1186830

Type

movie

DVD

09 Oct 2010

BoxOffice

$600,000

Production

Newmarket Films

Website

http://www.agorathemovie.com/