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Medea

1969 · 118 min

A stark, ritualistic tragedy that feels like watching an ancient myth unfold with unsettling calm and raw emotional power.

Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff

Tagline: It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.
Overview: Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

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Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
betrayal
identity
isolation
fate
Places: countryside
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, fantasy
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti, Paul Jabara, Gerard Weiss, Sergio Tramonti
Cinematography: Ennio Guarnieri
Runtime: 118 min
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Languages: Italian

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