New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf
A grand, old-fashioned epic, this project is every bit as important as "Gladiator" or a new "Star Wars" episode.
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Poland, United States · 2001
2h 50m
Director Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Starring Paweł Deląg, Magdalena Mielcarz, Bogusław Linda, Michal Bajor
Genre Drama, History
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During Nero's reign of Rome, Vinicius, a pagan patrician, falls in love with Lygia, a Christian woman. For Lygia, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin. When Vinicius is wounded, she cares for him and starts to reciprocate his feelings. As Nero encourages violence against Christians, Vinicius grows interested in conversion.
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New Times (L.A.) by Gregory Weinkauf
A grand, old-fashioned epic, this project is every bit as important as "Gladiator" or a new "Star Wars" episode.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Kawalerowicz directs with briskness and vigor but cannot keep the first half of his film from slipping into tedium.
The film should also wow fans of Herbert Wise's "I, Claudius" and Franco Zeffirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" alike.
Bright, glossy, grandly scaled and dramatically stolid, 79-year-old writer-director Jerzy Kawalerowicz's longtime dream project mixes earnest religiosity with the depraved cruelty of Nero's Rome in the classic De Mille tradition.
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