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Oedipus Rex

Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…

6.8 average rating
★★★★★
6.8
Italian / 105 MIN. / 1967

The Genres

The 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…

The Cast

Franco CittiSilvana ManganoAlida ValliCarmelo BeneJulian BeckLuciano BartoliFrancesco LeonettiAhmed BelhachmiGiovanni Ivan ScratugliaGiandomenico DavoliNinetto DavoliLaura BettiPier Paolo PasoliniIsabel Ruth

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