In 391 AD, Alexandria is part of the Roman Empire, and Greek philosopher Hypatia is a teacher at the Platonic school, where … See more

• Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria. Weisz was already a fan of Amenábar's work when she received the script, and was very interested in the role. Although she had not heard of Hypatia before, she felt that her his… See more

It's a movie that challenges the audience in terms of reasoning and trying to get into the story. I kept saying the movie is about astronomy and I wanted to express concepts that we study in school—science, mathematic… See more

Agora premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, but the film was initially unable to find a domestic distributor due to its large budget and length. The film also had trouble finding a distributor in both the United Stat… See more

A visually imposing, high-minded epic that ambitiously puts one of the pivotal moments in Western history onscreen for the first time.— Todd McCarthy, Variety
British writer and film critic Peter Bradshaw, of … See more

The Cambridge History of Science has described the film as "spectacularly anachronistic", singling out the film's portrayal of Hypatia's fictional discovery the law of free fall and heliocentric orbits for criticism. … See more

• Hypatia – an 1853 novel by Charles Kingsley
• Serapeum of Alexandria
• List of films about mathematicians
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