Agora is a 2009 Spanish English-language historical drama film directed by Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar and written by AmenΓ‘bar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, Max Minghella co-stars as Davus, Hypatia's father's slave, and Oscar Isaac as Hypatia's student, and later prefect of Alexandria, Orestes. The story uses historical fiction to highlight the relationship between religion and science amidst the decline of Greco-Roman polytheism and the Christianization of the Roman Empire. To prepare for the task of recreating the ancient city of Alexandria without relying on computer-generated imagery, AmenΓ‘bar reviewed older sword-and-sandal films such as The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959), and Pharaoh (1966).
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
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I think this movie does a good job pointing out how stupid and destructive religious fanaticism can be. It doesn't matter if you're a Christian, a Pagan, or Jewish; you're just stupid in the end for being blinded by faith and for promoting war.
Hail Hypatia! Hail reason! Btw, rich and engaging cinematography!
The moral of the story is: if you think your faith is the only true one, and you need to impose that on your fellow human being, you should get out of the 21st century and travel back in time.
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