'' Agora '' was screened out of competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in May , and opened in Spain on October 9 , 2009 becoming the highest-grossing film of the year for that country . Although the film had difficulty finding distribution , it was released country by country throughout late 2009 and early 2010 . The film received a 53 % overall approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes and seven Goya Awards in Spain , including Best Original Screenplay . It was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the Hamptons International Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Agora (film)