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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…
Oedipus Rex is a 1967 drama movie directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini starring Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano and Alida Valli. It runs 105 minutes. Viewers rate it 6.8/10 on TMDB based on 376 votes.
- Released: 1967-09-07
- Runtime: 105 min
- Genres: Drama
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
Oedipus Rex cast
Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Francesco Leonetti, Ahmed Belhachmi, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Giandomenico Davoli