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Agora

Alexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The World Changed Forever

Set in 391 A.D. at Alexandria in Egypt, this is the story of a remarkable woman caught up in empire-changing events. She was a polymath, continuing the family business of educating people. At the time, Christianity was on the rise, and she found herself directly involved in the battle between religion and science. The situation deteriorated into violence as the Christians struggled for dominance against the 'pagans', culminating in the horrendous torching of the library at Alexandria.

124 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence, Prejudice)
Adventure, Drama, Period piece, Romance, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Richard Durden, Sami Samir, Manuel Cauchi

Director

Alejandro Amenábar

Screenplay

Alejandro Amenábar

Music

Dario Marianelli

Cinematography

Xavi Giménez

Editing

Nacho Ruiz Capillas

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Mod Producciones, Himenoptero, Telecinco Cinema, Canal+ Espana, Cinebiss

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Historical, drama, epic
Language	None
Nudity	Brief non-sexual, infrequent, low impact
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate to strong violence, brief, fairly bloody and graphic
Prejudice	Religious and gender prejudice in historical context
Blasphemy	Strong in historical context
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Barbera Goslawski Featuring striking panoramas and diligently orchestrated battle scenes, Agora is a feast for the eyes.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert This is a movie about ideas, a drama based on the ancient war between science and superstition.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson As philosopher and astronomer Hypatia, Weisz gamely copes with the destruction of her beloved library but Amenabar’s efforts to align the era’s religious conflicts and culture wars with those of our own become thuddingly obvious, especially once the old-school brio of Agora’s first hour has gone the way of the Roman Empire.

Metacritic.com21 critics

RottenTomatoes.com69 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Noble goals and a gripping performance from Rachel Weisz can't save Agora from its muddled script, uneven acting, and choppy editing.

Internet (IMDB)9536 Netizens Atheists of all the world unite!

Average .. 56%

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