{"id":978,"date":"2008-03-13T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/03\/hypatia-movie-gets-a-title-start-date\/"},"modified":"2008-03-13T18:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T18:33:00","slug":"hypatia-movie-gets-a-title-start-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2008\/03\/hypatia-movie-gets-a-title-start-date.html","title":{"rendered":"Hypatia movie gets a title, start date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Last month<\/a>, I linked to a story about Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar\u2019s next movie, about religious turmoil in 4th-century Alexandria. Today, Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that the movie starts shooting in Malta on Monday, and it finally has a definite title:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella will star in ancient Egyptian epic \u201cAgora<\/a>,\u201d the next film by Alejandro Amenabar and the first production from Fernando Bovaira\u2019s new Madrid-based banner Mod Prods. . . .<\/p>\n

\u201cAgora,\u201d Amenabar\u2019s second English-language film after Nicole Kidman starrer \u201cThe Others<\/a>,\u201d is set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century A.D. Weisz plays astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, who fights to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world. Her slave Davus (Minghella) is torn between his love for his mistress and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or, as the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> puts it:<\/p>\n

Set in Roman Egypt in the fourth century, \u201cAgora\u201d tells the story of the legendary astronomer Hypatia (Weisz), trapped in the legendary Library of Alexandria, and her fight to save the old world\u2019s wisdom from the religious riots sweeping the streets of Alexandria. Her slave Davus (Minghella) wrestles with his yearning for freedom and his professed love for his mistress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To quote Wikipedia, the word \u201cagora<\/a>\u201d refers to \u201can open \u2018place of assembly\u2019 in ancient Greek city-states\u201d which served as \u201cthe center of . . . commercial and political life throughout ancient times.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yes, it does look like St. Cyril will be part of this story; the IMDb says an actor named Sami Samir<\/a> will be playing a character of that name.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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