Oedipus Rex
1967·Movie
·1h 44min·


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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 Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus 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…
Greek Tragedy AdaptationPsychological DramaPhilosophical ExplorationClassical MythologyHistorical SettingItalian CinemaArt House FilmOedipus MythTragic Fate
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Directed by:
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Benoît Lamy, Lina D'Amico
Written by:
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sophocles
Produced by:
Alfredo Bini, Eliseo Boschi, Walter Fabrizio
Composed by:
Fausto Ancillai, Carlo Tarchi
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