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Oedipus Rex (Edipo re) is a 1967 fantasy drama 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.
- Arco Film
- September 3, 1967, (premiere at VFF)
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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- Drama
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- 1984-12-07
Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC.
- Sophocles
- c. 429 BC
- 1885
- Thebes
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Edipo re (in greco antico: Οἰδίπoυς τύραννoς?, Oidípūs týrannos) è una tragedia di Sofocle, ritenuta il suo capolavoro nonché il più paradigmatico esempio dei meccanismi della tragedia greca.
- Οἰδίπoυς τύραννoς
- Greco antico
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.
May 13, 2020 · It’s the intriguing switch in narrative, scenery and discourse of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1967 Edipo Re (Oedipus Rex), a deeply Freudian interpretation of Sophocles’ tragedy Oedipus Rex. As I watch it with profound reverence for its cinematic originality, in my perplexity I hear the loud and clear diegetic sound that resembles the Romanian folklore.
