ITALY · 1969

Medea

Pier Paolo Pasolini
Italian Neorealism medea golden fleece greek mythology ritual based on play or musical
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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.

Year1969
CountryItaly
DirectorPier Paolo Pasolini
Medea poster

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