Oedipus Rex
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Actor: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Francesco Leonetti, Ahmed Bellashmi, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Giandomenico Davoli
Director: Lina D'Amico, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jean-Claude Biette, Benoît Lamy
Produced By: Somafis, Arco Film
Runtime: 104
Release: 1967
Rating: 6.765 out of 10
Language: Italiano, Română, it,
Views: 340
Content Rating:Not Rated
Quality: DVD
Also known as: Oedipe Roi, Edipo Rey, Edipo, El Hijo De La Fortuna, Edipo, El Hijo De La Fortuna (Edipo Rey), Kung Oidipus, ØDipus Rex, Edipo Rey, Edipo Re - Bett Der Gewalt, Rei ÉDipo
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