Oedipus Rex / Edipo re


Synopsis : A son is born to a young couple. The child opens his eyes for the first time and suckles on her breast. The father, motivated by jealousy, thinks that the child will take away the love of his wife. He takes away the baby to abandon him, at which point the film’s setting changes to ancient Greece. The child is rescued and taken to the King of Corinth Polybus and Queen Merope and raised as their own son. The child is given the name Oedipus.


Awards : 1967 Venice Film Festival, 1967 Faro Island Film Festival, 1968 Golden Goblets, Italy, 1970 Kinema Junpo Awards


Director : Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer : Alfredo Bini
DOP : Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Editor : Nino Baragli
Cast : Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli


Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His debut ‘Accattone’ (1961) was based on his own novel and caused a sensation. He was arrested in 1962 when his contribution to ‘Ro.Go.Pa.G.’ (1963) was considered blasphemous. ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’ (1964), which presented the Biblical story in a totally realistic style, was acclaimed as one of the few honest portrayals of Christ on screen.

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