There Be Dragons Page #5

Synopsis: A young journalist long ago rejected by his now aged and dying father finds himself investigating one of his father's former friends, a candidate for canonization. Uncovering the two men's complicated relationship from childhood through the horrors of the Spanish Civil War unveils a compelling drama filled with passion, betrayal, love and religion. An action packed story set during a murderous time in history that ultimately serves the present by revealing the importance and timeless power of forgiveness.
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Director(s): Roland Joffé
Production: Samuel Goldwyn Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
15%
PG-13
Year:
2011
122 min
$1,065,439
Website
167 Views


and there are Hungarian

fighting with the fascists too

they will going to kill you themselves

but I said I will do it

when I was 18 ...

I killed a politcal boss

and I was proud of it

but now

what I have to do makes me feel sick

I loved you ,Ildiko

but your kisses came from the lips of Judas

- no ,they were real

- how many have died because of you

how many ?

because I trusted you

Ildiko!

hello ?

yes

thanks

it's dad

he's been taken to hospitol

what we do now ?

- get the men away from here

- how ?

tell them he was a traitor he was guilty

he shot at himselfe

- they won't believe it

- they will

you saw it yourself

they trust you ,go

go

what I've thoght...

some one like you...

some one like you could have destroyed

someone like him

some one like you...

this is yours

where are you going ?

you should go back to Madrid

I can arrange it

for the baby sake

hey where are you going ?!

let her go

I found this oh his boddy

it's a safe-conduct ,a pass

from the enemy

he's right

- let her go

- let her go

Manolo ,what about us ?

what about us ?

you have your passes ,use them

he's dieing robbie

you have to get over this thing between you

for both our sakes

for our sakes ?

he's the one who broke off contact with me

he's the one...he said he never wanna

- why do you think I came ?

- because your...

...stubborn.

because I needed you

yes and because I sensed

this was going to happen

that your dad was going to...

that this was a crises

no ,I don't love my father

I hate him

he's a cold distent

a moralista prick

I see

you hate your father

that's why you dont want to be one

isn't it ?

isn't it ?

Pyrenees, November 1937

all this pain ,and God's still silent

do you hate God now ?

I couldn't understand how

God allows such a thing

please be with me now

please show me

he doesn't hear you...

does he ?

Look, Pallerols.

here father

- you must eat father ,you

need to build your strenght...

- I should never have left

I deserted people who rely on me

we all agreed to get you to safety

fatehr

even if we have to carry you

every step of the way

I am not worthy, am I?

that's why you stay silent

unlike you I have chose

to live in the real world

mama ?

do you hate God now ?

no dearest

I love him so much

I'm fighting with love you see

- good morning father

- good morning

good morning ,father

what ?

we don't have to climb anymore ?

let's go boys

let's go

how is your book ?

it's coming along

thank you for the tapes

they won't tell you every thing

I didn't think they would

I once... had a chance to kill him

Josemaria

I didn't know...

...whose side I was anymore

they sent me to the Pyrenees

Border Patrol

he was trying to cross

refugees were fair game

they're celebrating yhe mass

a perfect shot

no

not now

- what side are you on ?

- I said not now

We pray that we can

nonetheless find good,

amongst all this suffering ,

confusion and violence

jesus !

We also pray for the freedom that gave us

to not to choose hate

but to choose forgiveness

and love can fill our hearts

so we can all

enjoy the peace.

dad ?

dad ?

read it

see what I was done

I have food ,take it

why are you wasting your life ?

he's dead

he's waiting for me on the other side

whene a bullet ends this for me

he'll be there

that is what he told me

I believe him

Roberto ,have you read Cervantes ?

(Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616),

Spanish writer, author of "Don Quixote")

he said that...

our greatest enemies...

are within us

Here he is.

A wonderful child.

he's beautiful

wonderful little boy child

se wouldn't touch you

because of him she just wanted to die

she know that wouldn't happen

if she had you

so she left you there

and never came back

serrender ! you must surrender

give up ! give up

laydown your weapons and come out

your fighting for a lost cause !

this is the last chance to save you lifes

I gave you 30 seconds

laydown your weapons

with your hands hanged up on your heads

otherwise you will die

I repeat

this is you last opportunity!

gun !

little dog ,give me a pistol

come on

it was the only time...

I could give her...

what she wanted

so now you know it all

so I went back for you

after the war...

to that farm

why ?

what life a little child

could have there ?

in that time

I don't think you were writing your books

I thought with her death...

I would be free of her

all that pain

but it didn't work

because...

when I looked into your eyes

I saw

hers

what do you expect me to do...

I mean...

what do you...

expect me to do ?

pray for me

and one day...

...forgive me my son

I'm not you son

Robbie!

your mother

he asked me to pray for him

can you believe that

will you ?

no way

not for him

he's dying rob

all that time I believed she was died

in some plane crash

in my whole childhood

I was praying for one sing

of affection

but he's freed you from that now ,hasn't he ?

all of this came up

because of somedamn book

not some damn book

a chance

what?

a chance

to repair somthing that's broken

you're not here by coincidence

rob

don't you see ?

that's not very scientifice ,Lil ,is it ?

there are different ways

to measure the same universe.

And according to that,

destiny is not blind ,is it ?

no ,isn't

Josemaria?!

my friend !

you came

as you promised...

pray for me

...Josemaria.

is someone with him ?

you gave me a...

...rosary

still have it

I would never used it

but I had it

can I be forgiven ?

dad ?

dad ?

((M.Namju))

Robert...

I've done so many wrong things in my life

it's over now...dad

except for...

...kissing his ass

what ?

his

when you forgive ,

you set some one free

yourself

I think my father wanted to me

to forgive him for my sake

and I'm trying

a life ,Dona Dolores

can't be fathom on it's own

it's like...

it's like the thread

on your embroidery,

twisted around other threads

woven together

in a given space and at any given time.

difficult to see the pattern

untill it's all finished.

if it there is finished

you ok ?

look father ,Andorra

we get there ,we're safe

thank God

waiting for your order

sir ?

that I do it without your order

get down ,sniper !

get down

run!

father

Josemaria dedicate the rest of his life

to the development of Opus Dei

("Work of God")

On October 6, 2002,

500,000 people filled St. Peter's Square

to see John Paul II proclaimed a saint,

and "one of the great witnesses of Christianity"

about Manolo Torres,

some say they still struggle within us all

in that unknown place where ...

...THERE BE DRAGONS

((M.Namju)))

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Roland Joffé

Roland Joffé (born 17 November 1945) is an English-French film director who is known for the Academy Award-winning movies The Killing Fields and The Mission. He began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today. more…

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