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Oedipus Rex

Edipo re

19671h 45mDrama
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

“Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…”

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6.8 / 10
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7.2 / 10
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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 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…

Cast

Franco Citti·Oedipus
Silvana Mangano·Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Alida Valli·Merope, Queen of Corinth
Carmelo Bene·Creon
Julian Beck·Tiresias
Luciano Bartoli·Laius, King of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young father)
Francesco Leonetti·Servo di Laio
Ahmed Belhachmi·Polybus, King of Corinth
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia·Sacerdote
Giandomenico Davoli·Pastore di Polibo