There Be Dragons

Movie: There Be Dragons

Genre: period drama

Synopsis: Josemaria (Charlie Cox) was a Spanish priest.  The church wants to canonize Father Josemaria and has hired Robert (Dougray Scott), a journalist, to investigate his background.  During his investigation, Robert is surprised to learn that his father, Manolo, grew up with Josemaria.  Robert has been estranged from his father for many years.  His father is now on his deathbed. Robert tries to get his father to talk about his past with Josemaria, especially what happened during the years of the Spanish Civil War.  What Robert ultimately learns from his father about Josemaria and him is quite a shocker.

My two cents: It took a while to get into it, but it was a pretty interesting movie.  Most of the movie focused on what happened to Josemaria and Manolo leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War and their respective roles in the role.  The movie is definitely worth seeing, but I would probably have been satisfied if I had waited until it hit the small screen.

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