


“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.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writers
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Release Date
December 28, 1969
Runtime
1h 58m
Status
Released
Original Language
it
Vote Count
186
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