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Synopsis: 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 prefect, has an uneasy peace with Christians, led by Cyril. A group from the newly empowered Christians has now taken to enforce their cultural hegemony zealously; first they see the Jews as their obstacle, then nonbelievers. Hypatia has no interest in faith; she's concerned about the movement of celestial bodies and "the brotherhood of all". Although her former slave doesn't see it that way.
Director(s): Alejandro Amenábar
Production: Newmarket Films
  11 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2009
127 min
$600,000
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when i'm done.You want remember

this foolish old man.

I promise.

Remember me as i was before.

before when i could still think.

I. ..

work with you.

And I listened to you.

How could I've been so wrong?

See. you here, locked

because my fault y. ..

Father, please.

I wanted you to be free.

I am free.

Hi Christians / i

Christians!

What's that call 'bout the god damn

you doing now?

Coffins for you, scum! / i

tell me. / i

Where are the gods now?

Where are they?

You'd better find another

- Other?

Which one? The God of the Christians?

such a fool!

What do you think, Lady?

You are so bold

Turn off the fire.

Yes, you bold.

Very bold.

I've been thinking about something

you talk to me.

Me?

The day that you criticize

celestial mechanism / i

and i call it

- when it's call.

Yes,.thought..

actually

i criticizing Ptolemy

complicate everything

with epicycles. / i

But I do not know.

i have simple minded.

No.

the heavens / i

should be simple.

So am I right or..?

what if ...

What if there were simple

explanation about the wanders

There is.

But it's so absurd, so old

that no one is give it credit. / i

What theory is that?

Theory Aristarchus

Aristarchus argued

that the earth moves.

The behavior of the wandering

is only an optical illusion

produced by our movement

in combination with his

around the sun.

-A heliocentric model.

That's right. / I

The sun would be at the center, / i

as it his deal

King of the stars. / i

And make as just.. be another wanderer.

His work was lost

in the fire that destroyed

mother's library.

That's way we have to take great

care of this place.

Our library / i

is all that remains

the wisdom of men.

But every time dropping an object .../ i

Who speaks?

Forgive me mistress, love.

i was listening. / i

Speak up, Davo.

If the earth is moving,

every time dropping an object,

should fall further behind.

And the wind always blow

against us.

And the birds would be wipe on.

I told you

the hypothesis of Aristarchus

that no sense at all.

I feel that what you said

be refuted.

But right now I do not know how.

Make way for the prefect!

Make way!

Make way for the prefect!

Make way!

Listen everyone!

Prepare to listen and obey

the verdict of our emperor / i

I, Flavius

Theodosius Augustus

emperor and supreme Head

of the provinces of the Orion,

having been informed

the event notice

recently in city Alexandria, / i

hereby declare and command

let me insurgents

be forgiven and released ...

In exchange for my generosity,

the insurgents leave the Serapeum

and the Library immediately

allowing

Christians to enter / i

and make use of facilities

whatever you like.

What can we expect?

We destroy everything!

Pagans will

leave ..!

The Books.

And they will be escorted

to their homes.

Obey immediately!

Keep yourself together!

Send half a regiment

the other side.

We will send the rest later.

Yes, sir.

Prefect.

I want they may not contain

long.

On the cross! On the cross!

Keep yourself together!

Let the minor works!

- What are the minor works?

- take only important!

The soldiers retreated!

Slave / i

- Have you seen my mistress?

- Just get out here and help!

- We can not with so many!

We need for help.

Please don't get my father here. / i

Slave / i

Come on!

Come on, quickly!

Hypatia and her students

follow in the atrium.

Are they crazy?

If they want, let them burn.

Come on!

Quickly!

Lady.

Where were you?

Take out that sack.

Lady We have to go.

- Take out the sack / i

My slaves never around

when you need it.

I was ...

- Move move quickly!

Idiot!

Run!

This no time!

Lady!

We gotta go.

You have to leave.

God is one!

Run!

Davo!

Where are you going?

- We gotta go!

- Where are you going?

If you want to die

by our gods, let him.

Davo, do not.

- Come on!

- Davo!

- Davo, no!

- Come!

By the cross / i

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Slave / i

Davo!

Davo!

Davo the slave!

Help me with this!

Help!

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Pagan scum!

The most of wound be ulcerated.

I know.

I know.

Davo.

Davo!

You are free.

Go.

Go.

From now on, in Alexandria

only permitted ceremonies

Christian and Jewish.

pagan sacrifices, / i

the worship of pagan symbols

and visits to pagan temples

are prohibited.

If someone makes such acts

or even look at the statues / i

of their ancient gods,

shall be punished without mercy. / i

Damn Jews!

Damn Jews!

They're just a bunch of thugs,

a bunch of animals.

Joran, my dear friend, calm down.

Let Bishop Cyril

begun his own depend.

Prefect

our blessed parabolans,

Hung hi has just called

me..? the bird, / i

default them self ..

strong enough to carry loads

repel, six,

levers ...

And stones!

Prefect can carry stones.

I know they was enter the theater

and stoned knowing we'll do nothing

to defend

Non sense. Because it is the Sabbath!

On the Sabbath you should

honor God

in your synagogues

instead stopping yourself

set in theater.

Therefore I showered stones.

Prefect, you hear that?

Now he threatened us. It is too much../ i

Friends, there are more things that unite

us than divide us.

We are brothers!

We are all brothers

Where would you Christians be

without the Jews?

Jesus was a Jew!

Jesus was Jewish!

There is .a .something I find

stubbing what You've told.

- What?

Well,

Why Cyril begin

to cleaning up the city?

is he not satisfied

with what they already have?

He just wants to scare the Jews.

but why you say then before..

What if really interesting.. you

and not them?

Me?

Why?

I'm as Christian as he.

Yes, but forget

that many of your friends

that circle are not.

A full sail, prefect.

Lets go.

-Aspasius, you ready?

Yes, mistress.

I would like you to take the sack

and flying to top the mast.

And now, Lady,

Will you finally tell me what

the point?

When Aspasius

drop the sack, the boat

will be moving forward.

Therefore, the sack

not fall at the foot of the mast,

but will fall further back.

About ...

here.

And what's so special about that?

- Yes!

- But You're wrong!

Yes, but this is definitely

proved

definitive. The sack / i

has behaved as if

the boat stationary.

What does that mean? / i

i do not know.

But the same principle can

be applied to the Earth.

we could be moving around the sun

without our knowledge.

-Aristarchus.

Exactly. / I

Why are you troubled yourself

by that, Lady?

Ptolemy not perfect, / i

but it works.

Orestes, as this with you warrior ...

A few years ago you was not

so pragmatic, prefect.

A few years ago i spoke first

before thinking.

I have Cepheus third. / i

Venus and Mars

share house in Aquarius.

My father would have celebrated

something like a good wine.

The stars will not fall.

- Really?

No, because they are subject

to the hood. / i

The lid opens two heart

and Jesus will appear. / i

What chance for you talking about?

Do not you know that the universe

is a huge chest, don't you?

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Alejandro Amenábar

Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972), commonly known as Alejandro Amenábar, is a Spanish and Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer. Among other honors, he has won nine Goyas, two European Film Awards and an Oscar. He has written or co-written the screenplays to all six of his movies and composed almost all of the soundtracks. more…

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