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Jun 25, 2009 · Phèdre: Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Robin Lough. With Portia Booroff, Chipo Chung, Dominic Cooper, Alexander D'Andrea. The wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.
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- Nicholas Hytner, Robin Lough
- 2009-06-25
Phaedra ( Greek: Φαίδρα) is a 1962 American-Greek drama film directed by Jules Dassin as a vehicle for his partner (and future wife) Melina Mercouri, after her worldwide hit Never on Sunday . The film was the fourth collaboration between Dassin and Mercouri, who took the title role.
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Setting. The royal palace at Trézène. Phèdre ( French: [fɛdʁ]; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Jun 11, 2009 · Phèdre, guilt-ridden over her passion for her stepson Hippolytus, cries: "Venus has fastened on me like a tiger". Later, she declares: "I stink of incest and deceit." Hytner's other crucial ...
As the movie unfolds, the Passion Play becomes a reality. A group of villagers, uprooted by the war and impoverished, arrive at the village led by their priest. The wealthier citizens of the town want nothing with these people and manipulate a massacre.
Summaries. In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage. Marie Bell, once of the Comedie Francaise, enacts the role of the tormented Phedre, enamored of her stepson Hippolyte ( Claude Giraud ). He in turn loves Aricie ( Tania Torrens ), a captive.
