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Year: 2011
USA: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Cast: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Olga Kurylenko, Dougray
Scott, Rodrigo Santoro, Derek Jacobi, Golshifteh Farahani, Geraldine
Chaplin, Lily Cole, Charles Dance, Ana Torrent, Unax Ugalde, Pablo
Lapadula, Rusty Lemorande, Alfonso Bassave, Jordi Molla, Alejandro
Casaseca, Yaiza Guimaré, Jan Cornet
Director: Roland Joffé
Country: USA / Argentina / Spain
USA: 120 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for violence and combat sequences, some
language and thematic elements
USA Release Date: 6 May 2011
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Synopsis
THERE BE DRAGONS, an epic tale of revolutionaries and saints in a
time of civil war; a story about love and heroism amid jealousy and,
a heartbreaking drama about the power of forgiveness. Written and
directed by two-time Academy Award® nominee Roland Joffé (THE
MISSION, THE KILLING FIELDS), THERE BE DRAGONS stars Charlie Cox
(STARDUST), Wes Bentley (AMERICAN BEAUTY), Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM
OF SOLACE), Dougray Scott (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II), Rodrigo Santoro
(300) and Emmy Award-winning actor Derek Jacobi (GLADIATOR).
THERE BE DRAGONS tells the story of London-based investigative
journalist Robert Torres (Dougray Scott), who visits Spain to
research a book about Josemaría Escrivá (Charlie Cox), the
controversial founder of Opus Dei. But Robert hits a wall, both
professionally and personally, when his most promising source - his
own father, Manolo Torres (Wes Bentley), turns out to be his least
co-operative one.
Robert begins to unearth his father’s toxic secrets when he learns
that Manolo was not only born in the same Spanish town as Josemaría,
but that they were childhood friends and attended the same seminary.
The two men take radically different paths in life, with Josemaría
dedicating his life to his faith while Manolo is swept into the
brutal and tumultuous Spanish Civil War.
Manolo descends into a dangerous and jealous obsession when
the beautiful Hungarian revolutionary Ildiko (Olga Kurylenko)
doesn’t return his affections and instead gives herself to the
courageous military leader, Oriol (Rodrigo Santoro).
As Robert continues to unearth the secrets of Josemaría’s life
and Manolo’s mysterious anger, their overlapping journeys are
revealed with the truths and sorrows of their past choices, which
compels Manolo to confront his own secret with one last opportunity
of forgiveness.
THERE BE DRAGONS was produced by Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, Roland Joffé
and Ignacio Núñez.
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