Oedipus Rex (1967) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Edipo Re
Year
1967
Running time
104 min.
Country
Italy
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production Italy-Morocco;
Genre
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Synopsis
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...
Awards
1967: Venice Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Lion
Critics' reviews
- "Pasolini both humanizes the classical legend and reaches deep into the modern psyche to find its origins in ancient agonies."
- "Slow-moving, sensual, and often gorgeous to behold."
- "One of the most underrated, neglected, and powerful of Pier Paolo Pasolini's features."
- "Pasolini's working of the Sophocles tragedy, though not wholly successful, has its very definite strengths."
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