Agora - Die Säulen des Himmels aka Hypatia from Alexandria aka Mists of Time (2009)ro_sub-JVaLaMaLiNi.ogv

Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | slave | christian | philosophy |

love | christianity



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 and

mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.



Storyline



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. Written by



film language is english with romanian subtitle embedded



The great thing about this film is the choosing of the story, and its context.

The shifting of mentalities depicted here and the riotous events, whether

historically accurate or not serve as an example of what was going on.

Basically the end of an age, that meant the placement of religion at the

core of political, social, and cultural powering of society. So, it's pretty apt

that they developed a story around the idea of christians overcoming jews

and pagans, yes, but more important, forcing Orestes (the "old school"

guy) to play their political game, and wiping out Hypatia, the "last" free

thinker (and a woman!).