Movie
Oedipus Rex (1967)
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Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
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 Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus 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…
Where to watch
Region US
Criterion Channel
flatrate
Cast
14 people
A
Ahmed Belhachmi
as Polybus, King of Corinth
G
Giandomenico Davoli
as Pastore di Polibo