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  1. Medea is a 1969 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, based on the ancient myth of Medea. The film stars opera singer Maria Callas in her only film role and is largely a faithful portrayal of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and the events of Euripides' play The Medea.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0066065Medea (1969) - IMDb

    Jan 28, 1970 · Medea: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile. After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea.

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    • Drama, Fantasy
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    • 1970-01-28
  3. Medea. In this hypnotic adaptation of Euripides’s immortal tragedy, Pier Paolo Pasolini casts opera diva Maria Callas (utterly arresting in her only film role) as the sorceress of Greek legend, whose separation from her homeland of Colchis and betrayal by her lover, Jason, lead her down a path of shocking vengeance.

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  4. Aug 15, 2023 · Medea, adapted from Euripides’ 431 BCE tragedy of the same name, is Pasolini’s 12th film. By 1969, the Italian auteur had taken on Oedipus Rex (1967), auto-poetically processing Freud’s mythic love for mother and disdain for father (who was, in Pasolini’s case, a straight-up Fascist in Musolini’s military).

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    Medea (1970) Medea (1970) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis The powerful sorceress (Maria Callas) helps Jason (Giuseppi Gentile) steal the Golden Fleece and reclaim his throne, then enacts a...

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    • Maria Callas
    • Pier Paolo Pasolini
    • Drama
  6. After his quest to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece, Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge. Can they escape her wrath?

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  8. Starring the legendary Maria Callas, Pier Paolo Pasolinis interpretation of Euripides’s play shifts the tragedy away from Medea’s betrayal by Jason and her bloody revenge to the loss of her mystical homeland of Colchis.

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