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THERE BE DRAGONS

By Roland JOFFE

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Action/Adventure - Completed 2011

An epic action/adventure set during the Spanish Civil war that follows two childhood friends who go down different paths in life. One chooses to become a priest and struggles to spread reconciliation, the other becomes a spy for the fascists and falls in love with a beautiful revolutionary.

- Year of production
- 2011
- Genres
- Action/Adventure, Historical
- Countries
- USA, SPAIN, ARGENTINA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 25 - 50 M$
- Duration
- 106 mn
- Director(s)
- Roland JOFFE
- Writer(s)
- Roland JOFFE
- Cast
- Wes BENTLEY, Charlie COX, Olga KURYLENKO, Rodrigo SANTORO, Dougray SCOTT, Derek JACOBI, Geraldine CHAPLIN, Lily COLE
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-8C86-0000-8-0000-0000-D
- EIDR
- 10.5240/C7D7-6C6D-7007-29F4-94FF-D
- Producer(s)
- Guy LOUTHAN, Ignacio NUNEZ, Ignacio G. SANCHA
- Synopsis
- Written and directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Roland Joffe ("The Mission," "The Killing Fields"), "There Be Dragons" is an epic action-adventure romance set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War. The story traces the lives of two young men, Josemaria Escriva (Charlie Cox, "Stadust") and Manolo Torres (Wes Bentley, "American Beauty"), childhood friends who are separated by the political upheaval of pre-war Spain to find themselves on opposite sides as war erupts. Choosing peace, Josemaria becomes a priest. Manolo chooses war and becomes a spy for the fascists. He becomes obsessed with a beautiful Hungarian revolutionary, Ildiko (Olga Kurylenko, "Quantum of Solace"), who has joined the militia in pursuit of passion and purpose. But when Ildiko rejects him out of love for the courageous militia leader Oriol (Rodrigo Santoro, "300"), Manolo's jealousy leads him down a path of betrayal. As personal and national battles rage, the characters' lives collide and their deepest struggles are illuminated through the fateful choices they make. Each will struggle to find the power of forgiveness over the forces tearing their lives and friendship apart.