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MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2682
- IMDb #1997
- Google retired #1537
- Rotten Tomatoes #3130
- Metacritic #2547
- Letterboxd #2631
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3570
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3002
- Metacritic Critics #2955
- Metacritic Audience #1770
- Criticker #1315
- Kinopoisk #1030
- AlloCiné #1832
- Trakt #2160
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 55, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 4th century AD Roman Egypt, a brilliant female astronomer and philosopher teaches at the Library of Alexandria. As the city becomes increasingly engulfed in religious conflict between Christians, Jews, and pagans, she struggles to protect the knowledge contained within the library. She also continues her scientific work, trying to understand the mysteries of the solar system amidst the rising tide of zealotry.
Details
- Director
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Writers
- Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
- Studio
- Mod Producciones, Himenóptero, Telecinco Cinema
- Released
- 17 May 2009
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $39.5M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →7 major awards won · 7 wins from 11 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Costume Design | Gabriella Pescucci | Winner |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Mateo Gil | Winner |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Special Effects | Winner | |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Production Supervision | Winner | |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Cinematography | Xavi Giménez | Winner |
| Goya Award 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| 23rd European Film Awards 2010 | Best European Film | Mateo Gil | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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11 awards — Agora
×| Best Art Direction | Guy Hendrix Dyas | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Xavi Giménez | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Gabriella Pescucci | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Mateo Gil | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| Best Production Supervision | Winner | |
| Best Special Effects | Winner |
| Best European Film | Mateo Gil | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Álvaro Augustin | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Fernando Bovaira | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Alejandro Amenábar | Nominee |