

“She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.”
Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.
Director
Lars von Trier
Writers
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Release Date
August 8, 1989
Runtime
1h 16m
Status
Released
Original Language
da
Vote Count
77
