Remember what a pain it was when your male slave had to choose between his love for you and gaining freedom by becoming a Christian? Well, you’ll be happy to know that Rachel Weisz has the exact same problem… in movie form. She will star with Max Minghella in Agora, according to Variety. Although Minghella is better known for being the son of The English Patient director Anthony Minghella than anything acting-wise, Weisz has one of those Oscar things for The Constant Gardner.
The movie takes place in Egypt in the fourth century. Weisz is Hypatia, a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who is trying to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world from rioting religious mobs. It is apparently based on an event that occurred at the library in Alexandria. Meanwhile, her boy toy wants to not be owned and hitches his star to the Jesus movement of the day. Other acting-type people who will show up on screen are Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Homayoun Ershadi.
The film will be the second English language effort of Spanish writer/director Alejandro Amenabar. He co-wrote the script with Mateo Gil and shooting is scheduled to start next week in Malta. Amenabar’s previous movie in our language was The Others. I didn’t see that and I don’t think I’ll be seeing this one either, but you can see it early next year.
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The Others is probably one of the best ghost stories next to The Sixth Sense in the last twenty years. love Rachel Weisz and love Alejandro Amenabar and this film sounds very exciting.
Ed Perkins, I really don't understand why you write about a movie and a director that you don't know. "The Others" is one of the best horror movies of the 90s and don't forget that Alejandro Amenabar won an Oscar for "The Sea Inside".
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Remember what a pain it was when your male slave had to choose between his love for you and gaining freedom by becoming a Christian? Well, you’ll be happy to know that Rachel Weisz has the exact same problem… in movie form. She will star with Max Minghella in Agora, according to Variety. Although Minghella is better known for being the son of The English Patient director Anthony Minghella than anything acting-wise, Weisz has one of those Oscar things for The Constant Gardner.
March 15th, 2008 at 17:12
The Others is probably one of the best ghost stories next to The Sixth Sense in the last twenty years. love Rachel Weisz and love Alejandro Amenabar and this film sounds very exciting.