Edipo re 1967

Name: Edipo re
Released: 1967-09-07
Cast: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck

Synopsis:

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 Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo 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…

Directed by:	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Written by:	Pier Paolo Pasolini
Runtime:	104 minutes
Critics score:	86 / 100
Tagline:	Pasolini’s Terrifying… Compassionate… Magnificent…