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Oedipus Rex

1967 · 105 min

A stark, mythic descent into inescapable fate, told with raw imagery and a haunting sense of doom.

Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres
Drama
Starring
Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli
Tagline
Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…
Overview
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…

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Directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genres
Drama
Starring
Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • fate
  • guilt
  • identity
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • wilderness
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
Italy
Languages
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