Agora

Movie

2009

2h 7m

PG-13

English

Adventure, Drama, History

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6.9

Critic Score:

A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.

Agora

PG-13

Movie

2009

2h 7m

English

Adventure, Drama, History

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6.9

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CRITIC SCORE

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Cast

Hypatia

Davus

Orestes

Ammonius

Theon

Synesius

Aspasius

Cyril

Olympius

Isidorus

Theophilus

Medorus

Hierax-Parabolano

Pierre

Sidonia

Hesiquius

Prefect Evragius

Heladius Dignitary

Dignitary

Hypatia's Disciple

Student

Parabolano

Philosopher

Rabbi

Troublemaker

Directed By: Alejandro Amenábar

Written By: Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

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a_mile says...

7 years ago

I wonder why people cannot accept others who have different opinions. Intolerance has been repeated in our history, and a number of people were killed by people's intolerance. Unfortunately, there is no day when you do not see such news. I remember a phrase by Kazoo Watanabe, which is "Should the tolerant be intolerant of the intolerant in order to defend themselves?"

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SaraF says...

8 years ago

So much crying! It's the same thing it's happening with daesh now. Every fanatism is the same, ignorant and violent. History repeats. The movie is really well done, vfx, actors, direction.... just perfect and moving!

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xaliber says...

10 years ago

Great cinematography, terrific acting and moving story. It is very relatable to today's bigotry to the changes. Though the movie kinda depict Christians in bad terms (with them seem to be the most fundamentalist and destructive), it also shows that even the most "intellectual" ones, the pagans, are not sinless from the guilt of bigotry (shown early in the movie). Under the pretext of "absolute truth", whether it's god or science, anyone can be a bigot, similar to today's debate of the pious vs the godless.

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mostafanagyy says...

10 years ago

For anyone watched this movie I'll give you a small advice read the book Azazel by the Egyptian writer Youssef Zidan it perfectly describes everything and it's from another perspective and it's one of my favourite books

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Nancy L Draper

7/10 6 years ago

WARNING: THIS FILM EVOKED A RANT. If you ever doubted that there was a war between science and faith, this movie should be proof. This is a blatant testimony of secular humanists - that all belief systems and people of faith are ultimately evil and only the sciences and the great thinkers are pur More

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TheRealMina

one year ago

Agora represents a rather chaotic and completely inaccurate historical biopic.

Despite the commendable acting by Rachel Weisz and Oscar Isaac, the movie, which was created with a significant budget, strangely exudes an air of thriftiness typically associated with lower-budget productions.

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