I don't remember when last religious furor by the holier than thou rise of Christianity was brought to the screen in a more powerful, convincing scene after scene to capture the horrific times of the end of the Roman Empire.
Alejandro Amenabar directs a powerful cast in a timely rendition of the collapse of the Roman Empire. Agora stars Rachel Whisz, Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac.
In a familiar view of what might happen again, this time in our own midst we are given an intimate rich view of the little known philosopher/scientist Hypatia whose legendary discoveries took 1200 years for the rest of human kind to embrace as Truth.
This unusual and compelling rendition of a subject we might not have known as it is put forth by Aejandro Amernabar is punctuated by the extraordinarily powerful acting that Rachel Weisz brings to the screen.
The final moments of Hypatia's life were so beautifully executed that this moment alone makes the film, Agora worth seeing.
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