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Medea

Medea

1969, Movie, 1h 58min

In this hypnotic adaptation of Euripides’s immortal tragedy, Pier Paolo Pasolini casts opera diva Maria Callas (utterly arresting in her only film role) as the sorceress of Greek legend, whose separation from her homeland of Colchis and betrayal by her lover, Jason, lead her down a path of shocking vengeance. Melding Western myth with aesthetic and musical influences from numerous world cultures, Pasolini fashions a mesmerizing cinematic pageant that gathers in force until it explodes in rage and a stunningly nihilistic condemnation of injustice.

Country: France,Italy,Germany

Director:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast:

Enrico Maria Salerno,

Mirella Pamphili,

Massimo Girotti,

Rossana Canghiari

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You can stream Medea on: The Criterion Channel

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Medea include Pippi Goes on Board, The Spirit of the Beehive, Pippi in the South Seas, Lost Horizon, The Magus, The Pied Piper.

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Medea was released in theaters on October 28, 1971.