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Oedipus Rex (Edipo re) is a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini adapted the screenplay from the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles in 428 BC. The film was mainly shot in Morocco.
Dec 7, 1984 · Oedipus Rex: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene. Rescued from abandonment and raised by the King and Queen, Oedipus is still haunted by a prophecy--he'll murder his father and marry his mother.
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- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1984-12-07
Dec 27, 2021 · "Oedipus Rex (Edipo re) is a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini adapted the screenplay from the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by...
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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.
Best cinematic version of classic Greek tragedy by sophocles.
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Based on the Greek tragedy about a man who, unaware of his true parentage, kills his father and marries his mother.
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Oedipus Rex opens in 1920s Italy, recounting a birth that is the product of a bourgeoise’s affair with a military officer. The mid section depicts the myth of Oedipus, one of patricide and incest. An epilogue finds Oedipus playing his flute for a bustling citizenry in 1960s Bologna.
