Agora

(2009)

★ 7 IMDb · 1,608 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Year: 2009

Runtime: 126 мин

Country: Spain

Director: Алехандро Аменабар

Cast: Рэйчел Вайс, Макс Мингелла, Оскар Айзек, Ashraf Barhom, Майкл Лонсдейл, Rupert Evans, همایون ارشادی, Sami Samir, Ричард Дерден, Omar Mostafa

Plot

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.

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 the 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.