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Agora
Adventure, Drama, History
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to intellectually serious historical tragedy about the fragility of reason, freedom, and tolerance amid rising fundamentalism.
- Tone
- bleak, contemplative, epic
- Payoff
- heartbreak, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- knowledge and dogma, religious persecution, social hierarchy, gender oppression, unfulfilled love
- Setting
- late antiquity, cosmopolitan Mediterranean city amid religious and political upheaval
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