Scripted by Alejandro Amenabar and regular co-writing partner Mateo Gil, the historical drama set in early Egypt, concerns a slave Davus (Max Minghella) who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, a female philosophy professor and atheist. Rachel Weisz will play Hypatia, the Alexandrian professor.
What does Amenábar do after the international success of The Others? He makes an small art-house film with subtitles called The Sea Inside and waits more than five year to make what is Spain’s biggest production ever. The big budget assures that the out of competition Agora won’t be bought by an independent but rather, a major studio looking for a strategic tentpole pic sometime after Spain releases the picture in September.
