Day: November 5, 2021
Agora (2009) A Retrospective
Film & TV Feature: ‘Agora'(2009)- A movie about the difficult relationship between science and religion… Out now… Richard Fontana Latest ‘Agora'(2009)- A movie about the difficult relationship between science and religion… ‘’There are more things that unite us than divide us’’ says Rachel Weisz / Hypatia, teacher of philosophy/science, trying to convince all her students, and especially to Oscar Isaacs / Orestes, future Roman prefect, and Rupert Evans/Synesius, future Christian bishop, in an early scene of the movie. That moment encapsulates what Agora, a English-speaking Spanish movie released in 2009, is all about. Back in the late 2000’s, Alejandro Amenabar,