There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roland Joffé
Produced by	Roland Joffé Ignacio G. Sancha Ignacio Núñez Guy J. Louthan
Written by	Roland Joffé
Starring	Charlie Cox Wes Bentley Dougray Scott Unax Ugalde Olga Kurylenko Golshifteh Farahani Geraldine Chaplin Rodrigo Santoro
Music by	Stephen Warbeck (original) Robert Folk (American re-cut)
Cinematography	Gabriel Beristain
Edited by	Richard Nord
Distributed by	Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release date	May 6, 2011 (2011-05-06)
Running time	122 minutes Spain
Country	United States Spain Argentina
Language	English
Budget	$36,000,000
Box office	$4,372,642

There Be Dragons is a 2011 American-Spanish-Argentine historical epic film written and directed by Roland Joffé. It is a drama set during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s and features themes such as betrayal, love and hatred, forgiveness, friendship, and finding meaning in everyday life. The film was released on 6 May 2011. It includes the story of soldiers, a journalist, his father, and a real life priest, Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei who was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.

The film stars Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Rodrigo Santoro, Derek Jacobi, Geraldine Chaplin, Jordi Mollà, Golshifteh Farahani, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Unax Ugalde and Lily Cole.

Director Roland Joffé said There Be Dragons is "a story about people trying to find meaning about their lives." The epic film tells the story of a Spanish journalist, Robert, who is mending relations with his dying father, Manolo, who took part in the Spanish Civil War. The journalist discovers through his investigations that his father was a close childhood friend of Josemaría Escrivá, a candidate for sainthood, with whom he had a complicated relationship. Manolo became a soldier during the Spanish Civil War and became obsessed with a beautiful Hungarian revolutionary, Ildiko. She rejects him and gives herself to a brave militia leader Oriol. Manolo becomes jealous and takes a path of betrayal.