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Oedipus Rex (1967)

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Oedipus Rex (1967)

"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…

Pier Paolo Pasolini 104 min Italy
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
CastAlida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Franco Citti, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Silvana Mangano
CountryItaly
Duration104 min