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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:
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Year:
2009
127 min
$600,000
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They laid on top

and the Earth ground.

In this idiot not been told

that the Earth is round!

The Earth is flat.

Your head is really flat.

Read the Scriptures!

If the earth is round,

Why not the people that live

in the bottom, fall out?

What about the one sides?

Why not slip?

Think about it.

Davo knows.

hi Brother.

What do you say?

Does the earth is flat or round?

Only God knows these things.

Leave them in the ground!

Where they are belong!

Lady, do not despair.

Today in the boat you make

great progress.

Why do the wandering very

that rightness

so unexpected?

And what is worse,

Why does the sun?

Why is change size

summer to winter?

Perhaps it's because

sometimes is nearer / i

and sometimes farther?

But Aspasia

watch.

According Aristarchus, the sun must be

in the center of everything.

With us, the Earth,

traveling in a circle around him.

Therefore,

and this is the key

We are always exactly

same ...

distance.

If, as you say,

accept that changes the distance,

that forces us to add

epicycle into orbit

Earth.

To be closer

and then farther away. / i

Now then we fall

in the same trap as Ptolemy.

-circles upon circles.

- Exactly! / I

I do not know how to solve

this conflict.

let me know we can do it / i

if shifting the center ..well./ i

And not having a center / i

My heart, Aspasia.

So,

What do we do?

Resting, lady.

Parabolans!

- Parabolans!

- What happens?

parabolans, quick!

Help! / I

San Alejandro is on fire!

It is a fire.

Come on!

Gather water! The cube!

Take it!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Come, come!

Parabolans!

Parabolans!

Parabolans, quick!

Where's the fire?

Where's the fire?

Jews! It's a trap.

It's a trap!

Christians all

last night is one night was deplorable.

Now I say to you .

Grave no longer

for our dead brothers.

weep not.

Said you killed for the others,

but they are executioners.

Yes, yes.

Weep for them.

Then they

they know neither God,

neither love nor holiness.

I do not know.

because in this day

who repeated the Scriptures

without understanding at all.

It is they who saw

only a man

when the Son of God

standing on the front of us.

And it is they who

in their blindness mocked Him

and crucified him. / i

Yes

Weep!

Weep for the Jews,

the murderers of our Lord.

Because God ...

God has already condemned.

It is God will..

to live as slaves, / i

cursed and exiled

until the end of time.

Damn and exiles!

Damn and exiles!

Damn and exiles!

Lady, do not stop, Lady.

Now whole the Jews

want revenge!

I'm afraid you do not understand

what is really happening.

When this is over,

would be no more Jews in Alexandria. / i

Sorry to interrupt like this.

Lady, you know risk

to coming here.

Where are the troops?

Why do not more soldiers

on the streets?

No army can contain

entire city.

Calling to the annihilation

of Women and Children / i

A bishop!

- A Christian!

Then lock him up.

Prefect

You should have an arrested.

not so easy. / i

Lady,

Cyril knows we both share

the same faith.

That place our prefect

in the / i

very out of position. / i

If he defends the Jews,

half the city will rise

against this government.

I see.

But if you do nothing now,

I believe that Cyril

will continue do the same thing

over and over again

until no people

for this government to govern.

How naive with me.

How naive I was to think

with Jews. / i

Jews out!

is the first kill them

and then buried them.

The Bishop of Cyrene.

- What is he doing here?

I'll find out

It's my little library

of Alexandria.

This is where I teach children.

A cone of Apollonius.

Yes, I did it to teach

the four corners. / i

Circle, / i

the ellipse ...

Orestes and should be here

by now.

The parabole

and hyperbola.

It's beautiful.

Often I look and wonder

why the circle co axis

is such impure shapes. / i

What i get to sit here

again

I bored you.

A long time not do nothing

to hit my head.

And there are more important issues

to deal with.

Forgive me.

Two Christians in the hands

of a pagan.

It's outrageous!

outrageous.

- How many?

I do not know, but it will stink.

Ammonium.

Does God speak to you?

All the time.

Ammonium this, Ammonius that.

Ammonia, Ammonia, Ammonium ...''/ i

Today he spooked to me

so quickly that I had to asking

slow down / i

Tell me something.

Did you ever think

what is taken?

Why?

who's forgiven,

but now,

I can not forgive.

Forgive?

Who?

Jews?

Jesus forgave on the cross.

Jesus was God

and only he can show

such leniency.

How dare you

to compare yourself to God?

Brother.

You're still alive.

Why?

Because it was

His will save us

on the stones.

God wants us here,

doing what we do.

To believe in that belief?

My Lord ...

Cyril is very proud man. / i

Agree to meet but will not discuss

the Jews, only discuss peace.

Peace?

My suggestion, as your humble adviser

in this case,

you accept. / i

Let peace be the first.

Lady, what do you think?

No..I ...

It does not seem very encouraging.

Why would I want to come

to see Orestes

-without concrete proposals?

something else / I

He want come to you.

Demands that you see in the Library

during the service on Sunday.

In the Library?

Why?

Only Christians have entered

there since its looting.

It is a provocation!

I'll make a suggestion. / i

If you think that your presence

so essential

Why not let you baptize?

Most of us,

beginning

by the prefect,

have accepted Christ. / i

Why not the rest of you?

only a matter of time and you know it!

Really?

Is it only a matter of time?

Excuse me,

Honorable Member

but far time away..

your God has not yet proved

more judge or more compassionate

than their predecessors.

Lady.

Is it really just a matter of time

before I accept your faith? / i

Why, then,

should this assembly

accept the consult of

someone who ability dilution

absolutely nothing?

I believe in philosophy.

Philosophy.

Just what we need

in such times.

Enough!

I've been studying

absolutely no life.

for my own

And I wonder

wow.

- Forget about what i said today.

Is all

life holds for me?

What else?

I doubt anyone can see

as devoted wife

and mother.

I think ...

I think the whole city

know the history of the handkerchief.

So ...

My father loved that one.

Even he .../ i

Who have the loved?

Except you,

Lebanon.

If only I could ...

fathom this ...

a little more.

And get a little closer

the response, / i

then .../ i

enough go to grave, happy.

Why?

Why that's mean so much to you?

Right now,

this every second,

whole earth could be moving

and no one realized it.

Except you and me / i

Believe me Lady, it's best

that nobody notices.

Really not it important?

i Do not understand why you insist

moving the ground they walk on.

Dress yourself

what happened on the boat.

Yes i dit,But that does not mean

this sailing on the earth moves.

What if it does / i

Hypatia, look around.

Death,

horror

destruction.

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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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