Holy mother of all that is good in this world, Alejandro Amenábar’s Agora looks stunning.
The director of Open Your Eyes, The Sea Inside and The Others has been hard at work on his next film, his second English language production, a historical drama set in Roman Egypt.
The first trailer for the film, one that Cineuropa has called “the other highly anticipated Spanish film”, right behind Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces stars Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella. It tells the story of a slave who turns to 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.
The teaser doesn’t give much of the story but the images that we do see are epic in scale. This could be what Troy wasn’t: good. I ♥ a period romance and it doesn’t look like it’ll get much better than this.
Sadly, we still have months to wait. Agora isn’t scheduled for North American release until December 18th though our Spanish friends will be able to take it in starting September 2nd.
Trailer is tucked under the seat!
Look forward to seeing this film! The trailer is breath-taking!
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I, WAS AN EXTRA IN AGORA,tHIS FILM TOOK MORE THAN 3 MONTHS IN PRODUCTION.THE SET COLOSSAL, AND VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL.
KNOWING NOW THE STORY,I AM MORE THAN SURE ITS GOING TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER.MALTA IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR FILMING,BUT THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR IN HIRING THE EXTRAS IS TOTALLY RUBBISH.