A tale of revolutionaries & saints

MANILA, Philippines - From Roland Joffé, director of The Killing Fields and The Mission comes a powerful story of love and forgiveness. There Be Dragons is an epic tale of revolutionaries and saints in a time of civil war. It is a story of love and heroism amid jealousy, hatred and violence; and a heartbreaking drama about the power of forgiveness to break the chains of the past. ­­­     

The film begins with investigative journalist Robert Torres (Dougray Scott), researching on Josemaría Escrivá (Charlie Cox), the controversial founder of Opus Dei. But, his most promising source — his father, Manolo Torres (Wes Bentley) — refuses to cooperate. Robert learns that Manolo and Josemaria were childhood friends. But with the onset of the Spanish Civil War, they take radically different paths: Josemaría dedicates his life to his faith while Manolo is swept into the brutal and tumultuous war. Manolo descends into a dangerous, jealous obsession when the beautiful Hungarian revolutionary Ildiko (Olga Kurylenko) doesn’t return his affection and instead gives herself to the courageous military leader, Oriol (Rodrigo Santoro).

As Robert continues to unearth the secrets of Josemaría’s life and Manolo’s mysterious anger, their overlapping journeys are revealed with the truths and sorrows of their past choices, which compels Manolo to confront his own secret with one last opportunity of forgiveness.

There Be Dragons will be shown on Nov. 9 at SM North Edsa, Trinoma, SM Megamall, Glorietta 4 and Festival Mall.