There Be Dragons: Secrets of Passion

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  • Opened May 6, 2011 
  • 2 hr 0 min
  • PG-13 | Violence and combat sequences, some language and thematic elements

  • London-based investigative journalist Robert Torres (Dougray Scott) visits Spain to research a book about Josemaría Escrivá (Cox), the controversial founder of Opus Dei. But Robert hits a wall, both professionally and personally, when his most promising source—his own father, Manolo Torres (Bentley), turns out to be his least cooperative one. Robert begins to unearth his father’s toxic secrets when he learns that Manolo was not only born in the same Spanish town as Josemaría, but that they were childhood friends and attended the same seminary. The two men take radically different paths in life, with Josemaría dedicating his life to his faith while Manolo is swept into the brutal and tumultuous Spanish Civil War. Manolo descends into a dangerous and jealous obsession when the beautiful Hungarian revolutionary Ildiko (Olga Kurylenko) doesn’t return his affections and instead gives herself to the courageous military leader, Oriol (Rodrigo Santoro). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Rodrigo Santoro, Jordi Mollà, Derek Jacobi
  • Director: Roland Joffé
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Florid, convoluted historical drama. Read full review

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Movieline
| Michelle Orange

Because his character is never clear, Manolo's choices lack emotional interest and narrative urgency. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Joe Williams

There Be Dragons is tethered to the earth by a tangled plot, wooden acting and the heavy burden of healing old wounds. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

This may be the most politically confusing movie about that conflict since "For Whom the Bell Tolls" -- I couldn't for the life of me figure out where Escriva stood. Read full review

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Rodrigo Santoro as Oriol in "There Be Dragons."