Oedipus Rex(Edipo re)
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Italy, Morocco · 1967
1h 44m
Director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene
Genre Drama
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Abandoned by his parents and adopted by a benevolent king and queen, Oedipus eventually visits an oracle who informs him 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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