Agora English Historical Adventure Movie 2010
Cast And Crew
Cast : Rachel Weisz ,Max Minghella ,Oscar Isaac,Ashraf Barhom ,
Michael Lonsdale,Rupert Evans ,Richard Durden,Sami Samir,
Manuel,Cauchi,Homayoun Ershadi ,Oshri Cohen,
Harry Borg ,Charles Thake ,Yousef 'Joe' Sweid
Writers:Alejandro Amenábar (writer) ,Mateo Gil
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Date Of Release: 06 Janvier 2010
Runtime: 128 minutes
Genre : Drame, Film historique,Adventure | History | Roman
Langue originale : Anglais | Enfants admis| English
Agora Hollywood Movie Plot Summary :
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 professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria .Watchonline Movie Trailer free Agora Hollywood film.The film Directed by Alejandro Amenabar .
4th century A.D. Egypt under the Roman Empire... Violent religious upheavel 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, priviliged Orestes and Davus, Hypatia's young slave, who is 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.IVème siècle après JC. L'Egypte est sous domination romaine. A Alexandrie, la révolte des Chrétiens gronde. Réfugiée dans la grande Bibliothèque, désormais menacée par la colère des insurgés, la brillante astronome Hypatie tente de préserver les connaissances accumulées depuis des siècles, avec l'aide de ses disciples. Parmi eux, deux hommes se disputent l'amour d'Hypatie : Oreste et le jeune esclave Davus ...
Agora Hollywood Movie Review :
Muddled film that has its sights set high in the right course but lacks focus and a direct script that can handle the subject matter. Alejandro Amenábar tries his best but comes up short in many ways with his narrative. The movie is a little too long and the script wavers from time to time but Rachel Weisz's performance is Oscar worthy and deserving of a better film that respects the effort she puts in it. She makes you stay with the movie, even when It sputters out of control during the last half of the film. She gets good support from her leading men (Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac) but its hard for the three of them to connect with how unfocused the script is and that's the film's biggest problem.
For Weisz's Oscar effort and the solid performances of her leading men, the movie gets a 7 but with out their performances, the movie would be much lower.
Alejandro Amenábar's masterpiece is a breathtaking excursion into religious fascism and misogynistic tyranny made special by Rachel Weisz, who probably give one of the best female acting performances in years as a scientist who was light years beyond her generation. Weisz is amazing and her performance is the show and then some. She's back up by Max Minghella, who is a great actor in his own right and Oscar Isaac, who is just as good. The triangle between them in believable and touch by their struggles to find their destinies. Its a moving cinematic piece of art and Alejandro does the story proud in his way of capturing the time of struggles of that time. Far and away, the best film I have seen all year.
AGORA brings 4th century Alexandria back to life with some expensive, elaborate sets combined with a bit of CGI where necessary. Other than a couple of alterations to historical facts, such as the manner and location of Hypatia's death and the creation of a fictional slave character, the production team obviously did a tremendous amount of research and they stuck closer to the real facts of history closer than your typical Hollywood film does (for whatever that's worth). I'm a bit of a history buff, and I'm always excited when an ancient city is re-created with such attention to detail. But it couldn't have worked without a great cast, and Rachel Weisz was perfect for her role. She had just the right combination of charm, strength and enthusiasm for math & philosophy to convince the audience that she was a legendary intellectual that could elicit loyalty from her male students and slaves too.
This film recreates the religious struggles of the late Roman Empire, the destruction of the Library of Alexandria,
theensuing ignorance and the relegation of women to 2nd class status in society. I greatly enjoyed watching this and I hope that many more such films are created in the future.
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