Agora

Agora

Actors:  Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Rachel Weisz Directors:  Alejandro Amenábar

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 pr...