Agora

• Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenábar speak about their new film, Agora.

  Published on: May 21, 2009

  Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenábar speak about their new film, Agora. A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.

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• Weisz, Amenabar preach enlightenment with `Agora'

  Published on: May 17, 2009

  Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution.

  As the Roman Empire declines, Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.

  No stranger to ancient Egypt, having starred in the first two installments of "The Mummy" franchise, Weisz had never heard of Hypatia before reading the script, but she said the woman's story resonates today.

  "...Really, nothing has changed. I mean, we have huge technological advances and medical advances, but in terms of people killing each other in the name of God, fundamentalism still abounds," Weisz said. "And in certain cultures, women are still second-class citizens, and they're denied education..."

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  By: David Germain

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