There Be Dragons (2011) ( Encontrarás dragones )

There Be Dragons (2011) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Encontrarás dragones
Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( DTS 5.1 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
122 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Roland Joffe

Written By:
Roland Joffe

Actors:
Charlie Cox ..... Josemaria
Wes Bentley ..... Manolo
Dougray Scott ..... Robert
Unax Ugalde ..... Pedro
Olga Kurylenko ..... Ildiko
Pablo Lapadula ..... Isidoro
Golshifteh Farahani ..... Leila
Rusty Lemorande ..... Father Lazaro
Ana Torrent ..... Dolores
Alfonso Bassave ..... Jiménez
Jordi Mollà ..... José
Rodrigo Santoro ..... Oriol
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Abileyza
Alejandro Casaseca ..... Jaime
Yaiza Guimaré ..... Pilar

Synopsis:

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.

Clunk, clunk, squish. That is the sound of the dead language in Roland Joffé screenplay for 'There Be Dragons' as it tramples his would-be epic of the Spanish Civil War into an indigestible pulp. This calamitous film, written and directed by Mr. Joffé the creator of 'The Killing Fields' and 'The Mission', consists of two stories mashed into an interminable two-hour Sunday school sermon punctuated with battlefield carnage. Beyond the lugubrious pageantry, there is no sign of emotional or spiritual life in the film, only windy posturing.

A young journalist long ago rejected by his now aged and dying father finds himself investigating one of his father's former friends, a candidate for canonization. Uncovering the two men's complicated relationship from childhood through the horrors of the Spanish Civil War unveils a compelling drama filled with passion, betrayal, love and religion. An action packed story set during a murderous time in history that ultimately serves the present by revealing the importance and timeless power of forgiveness.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 28 May, 2021.