A must-see for people on this discussion forum. It's the story of Hypatia, the female mathmetician and philosopher who had the distinct unfortune to be alive when those Jesus-loving Christians were becoming ascendant in Alexandria. She was eventually killed by Christians...you know...they have always had problems with really smart women. Of course...it's not because these Christian men had/have issues with women...it's always for God...because he seem totally unable to kill people on his own.
...lots of good lines in the movie, but one I especially appreciated: when Christian and Pagans were fighting in her class..."there is more that unites us than divides us." Of course, people didn't listen then...or now...
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Agora/70115886
As Christianity gains steam in Roman Egypt toward the end of the fourth century A.D., a young slave (Max Minghella) weighs his desire for freedom against his growing love for his mistress (Rachel Weisz), an atheist as well as a professor of philosophy. Alejandro Amenábar (The Others) directs this epic drama based on the life of Hypatia of Alexandria, a noted Greek scholar and mathematician. Rupert Evans co-stars.