Oedipus Rex

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-09-07

Languages:

Italian, Romanian

Countries:

Italy, Morocco

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2988 Reviews)

Director:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Silvana Mangano Franco Citti Alida Valli Carmelo Bene

Writer:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Fullplot:

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. One day an oracle informs Edipo 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...

Comments:

Esse voluptatem ex minus. Officiis molestias ab deleniti quas saepe. Molestias ad harum tempore natus.

By:

John Rice

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