THERE BE DRAGONS In This Trailer, Directed By Roland Joffé

September 14, 2010RamaOne Comment, , , , , , ,

After this jump is the trailer for THERE BE DRAGONS directed by Roland Joffe who brought us such classics as The Killing Fields and The Mission, he also helmed The Scarlet Letter. Welcome back, Joffe.
THERE BE DRAGONS stars Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley , Olga kurylenko, Rodrigo Santoro, Lily Cole, Dougray Scott, and the story revolves around St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei. Those of us fans of Dan Brown would be familiar with that term but this is not a Dan Brown story. Synopsis after the trailer..

“There Be Dragons’ follows the story of controversial Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, in a sympathetic portrayal of the Catholic organization, bravely contradicting the sentiment set by Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code. In this action-packed film, Director Roland Joffe surrounds the priest with fictional characters and deals with universal themes of love, betrayal and redemption.

The film begins when a young journalist begins investigating his estranged fathers relationship with Escrivá during the tumultuous times of the Spanish Civil War and uncovers a compelling drama of the two mens complicated lives and the dark secrets of his familys past.

Faced with the hardships and injustices that are tearing Spain apart, these two friends paths diverge when one pursues a life of faith and the other is swept into the brutality and horror of the Spanish Civil War.

As personal and national battles rage, the characters lives collide and their deepest struggles are illuminated. Only then can they face the ultimate choices that will result in tragedy or triumph, and a chance for final redemption.

There Be Dragons reveals the importance and timeless power of forgiveness in a story of loss between a father and son, of revolutionaries fighting for freedom, of a womans search for love and meaning and the struggles of a man whose life impacts them all.

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1 comment to “THERE BE DRAGONS In This Trailer, Directed By Roland Joffé”

  1. Wow! If someone had said to me that I would be interested in a film about the founder of Opus Dei, I would have said that they were drinking, or mad. But I find this compelling. I’ll be on the lookout for it.

    Posted September 14, 2010 by ItsPat Reply

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