Character Agora Posters
You’ve probably seen “Agora” trailer we posted yesterday and today we have great character posters for Alejandro Amenábar’s new movie.
As always, click on any of the posters to enlarge.
The script for historical epic which stars Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans, Richard Durden and Sami Samir among others was co-written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil.
Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.
Beautiful Full-Length “Agora” Trailer
Watch this really beautiful full-length trailer for Alejandro Amenábar’s historical epic “Agora.”
Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenábar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution. Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.
Agora Revised Trailer
Alejandro Amenabar’s historical epic “Agora” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in a man’s world in 4th century A.D. Egypt.
Earlier we posted the trailer for the movie but today we have an revised trailer for “Agora” with English title treatments and in much better quality. Check it out below.
Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Max Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Cannes 2009: Agora World Premiere – Reviews
Alejandro Amenabar’s historical epic “Agora” premiered Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in a man’s world in 4th century A.D. Egypt.
Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution. Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.
Amenabar dove into astronomy research but said he did not want to make a movie about a figure such as Galileo because everyone already knew his story. Amenabar’s studies eventually led him to Hypatia, a woman dealing with current issues in ancient times.
“We realized that this particular time in the world had a lot of connections with our contemporary reality,” Amenabar said. “Then the project became really, really intriguing, because we realized that we could make a movie about the past while actually making a movie about the present.”
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Agora First Official Photos
Take a look at the first official photos from “Agora,” directed by Alejandro Amenábar who is also the writer with Mateo Gil.
Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D., Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Max Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
The film which also stars Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Homayoun Ershadi, Jordan Kiziuk, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Richard Durden will be premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2009. The movie will hit US theaters on December 18th 2009.
Check out the poster and teaser trailer at “Agora” FF Movie Page
Agora First Poster
Today we have the first poster for Alejandro Amenábar’s ancient Egyptian epic “Agora.”
Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D., Rachel Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Max Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
The film also stars Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Homayoun Ershadi, Jordan Kiziuk, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Richard Durden.
“Agora,” directed by Alejandro Amenábar who is also the writer with Mateo Gil, will be premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2009. The movie will hit US theaters on December 18th 2009.
Agora Teaser Trailer
Take a look at teaser trailer for the upcoming Alejandro Amenábar’s Roman Egypt historical drama “Agora.”
In the movie Rachel Weisz plays Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. It also stars Max Minghella as Hypatia’s slave, Davus who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master (Weisz).
The film also stars Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Homayoun Ershadi, Jordan Kiziuk, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Richard Durden.
Amenábar’s ancient Egyptian epic marks his second English-language film after “The Others” (Nicole Kidman). He previously directed “The Sea Inside,” which won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005.
Rachel Weisz In “Agora” First Photos
First images from the set of Alejandro Amenbar’s “Agora” are online. Fotogramas.es has a pair of images of Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.
Alejandro Amenbar and Rachel Weisz on the set of "Agora"
“Agora” is set in the fourth century A.D. in Roman Egypt is an adventure drama movie. It also stars Max Minghella as Hypatia’s slave, Davus.
The film also stars Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Homayoun Ershadi, Jordan Kiziuk, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Richard Durden.
More great aerial shots of the set can be found over at AirPhoto.
Amenabar’s ancient Egyptian epic marks his second English-language film after “The Others” (Nicole Kidman). He previously directed “The Sea Inside,” which won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005.
“Agora” is currently in post-production and slated to come out on December 18th 2009.
Rachel Weisz In Ancient Epic ‘Agora’
Rachel Weisz, the former “Mummy” actress has been tapped to star in an ancient Egyptian epic entitled “Agora“.
According to Variety, Rachel is set to play Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.
“Agora” is set in the fourth century A.D. in Roman Egypt is an adventure drama movie. It picks up the destruction of the library of Alexandria.
The film will also see Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Max Minghella and Homayoun Ershadi as the film’s cast.
Filming will be started on Monday, March 17, in Malta and is going to last for about 15 weeks.
