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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.

Not Rated Drama Fantasy

Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff, Giuseppe Gentile, Margareth Clémenti

Writer: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Euripides

Release Date:
December 28, 1969
Ratings:
6.6 / 10
Director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Companies:
Les Films Number One

Overview

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.