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Really Human

Secular artists and saintly lives By John Wauck America Magazine You’ll be doing what Daniel Berrigan did in ‘The Mission.’” That is how the director Roland Joffé described my job as a consultant on “There Be Dragons,” a film he wrote and directed that features as one [...]
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Even Saints Have a Past

Roland Joffé, the director of Mission, returns to a Catholic subject with a movie that features Saint Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, and themes of war, love and forgiveness by Austen Ivereigh Source: St Anthony Messenger “I THINK you have mountains to climb,” a girl [...]
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Role in film about Opus Dei founder helped actor overcome addiction

By Alicia Ambrosio, published in Catholic News Service MADRID (CNS) -- Playing a character with no apparent redeeming qualities was a blessing that helped Wes Bentley regain sobriety after years of addiction and isolation. The actor made the comments to journalists in Madrid for the premiere of director [...]
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Successor of St. Josemaria Escrivá speaks about the film "There Be Dragons"

www.romereports.com March 27, 2011. The director Roland Joffé traveled to Rome to present his film on St. Josemaria Escriva at the Vatican. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. Among those in attendance, were those who knew St. Josemaría before he died in 1975. Bishop [...]
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"There Be Dragons" presented at the Vatican

March 23, 2011. The director Roland Joffé traveled to Rome to present his film on St. Josemaria Escriva at the Vatican. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. A story of jealousy, forgiveness and a war that has a defining role for St. [...]
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"There Be Dragons" presented at the Vatican

March 23, 2011. The director Roland Joffé traveled to Rome to present his film on St. Josemaria Escriva at the Vatican. The film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. A story of jealousy, forgiveness and a war that has a defining role for St. [...]
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Director previews ‘There Be Dragons’ in Rome

By Cindy Wooden In an interview with Catholic News Service before the screening, Joffe said writing and directing the film made “an enormous difference” in the way he thinks about religion. “It made me respect and honor people who do believe … and it taught me, in [...]
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Film Portrays Josemaría Escrivá as New Kind of Hero

Forgiveness at the Heart of "There Be Dragons" By Elizabeth Lev. Zenit.org In the Middle Ages, mapmakers, faced with uncharted areas, labeled the unexplored lands "hic sunt dragones" -- here be dragons. While satellite tracking may have removed the geographical unknown, there are still many mysterious paths [...]
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Roland Joffe, There Be Dragons

Interview With Roland Joffe. Rome
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St. Josemaría Escrivá, Civil War and Forgiveness

By Jesús Colina ROME, JAN. 1, 2011 (www.zenit.org) This Spring, a movie will be released that will feature as one of the leading characters St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, with themes of war, love and forgiveness. ZENIT spoke with Roland Joffe, the director of [...]
Tags: Spanish Civil War, Forgiveness, Film, Roland Joffe, There be Dragons