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Medea
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.
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.
Where to watch Medea
Medea is streaming in the US on Criterion Channel.
Cast
- Maria Callas as Medea
- Massimo Girotti as Creonte
- Laurent Terzieff as Chirone
- Giuseppe Gentile as Giasone
- Margareth Clémenti as Glauce
- Paul Jabara as Pelias
- Gerard Weiss as Second Centaur
- Sergio Tramonti as Apsirto, Medea's Brother
- Luigi Barbini as Argonaut
- Gian Paolo Durgar
- Luigi Masironi as Jason at 5
- Michelangelo Masironi as Jason at 13
Details
- Director
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Released
- December 28, 1969
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy
- Studio
- Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen and San Marco
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.6 / 10 from 195 votes
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