Oedipus Mayor
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| Directed by | es |
| Produced by | Jorge Sánchez |
| Screenplay by | Gabriel García Márquez Stella Malagon |
| Starring | Jorge Perugorria Ángela Molina Francisco Rabal Jairo Camargo |
| Music by | Blas Emilio Atehortúa |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Edited by | Sigfrido Barjau |
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100 minutes |
| Country | Colombia |
| Language | Spanish |
Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo Alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian film, directed by es.[1] Set in strife-ridden, 20th-century Colombia, the film is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy: "Oedipus Rex". The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2][3]
Plot
Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, young Mayor Edipo must mediate a peace deal between conflicting guerrilla groups and the army. It is raining when he leaves. His journey is interrupted when he gets into a shoot-out on a lonely bridge. Returning fire, Edipo somehow escapes. As soon as he gets to town he hears that a prominent leader Layo was brutally slain. No one knows who shot him. Meanwhile, a blind coffin-maker Tiresias wanders town making dire prophecies concerning Edipo's future. It is he who tells the mayor that Layo was murdered by a family member. Edipo's fate is sealed when he gets involved with the beautiful and much older Yocasta, a woman who last had sex thirty years before with her husband Layo. She got pregnant and bore a son ... tragedy ensues.
Cast
- Jorge Perugorria - Edipo
- Ángela Molina - Yocasta
- Francisco Rabal - Tiresias
- Jairo Camargo - Creonte
- Jorge Martinez - Priest
- Miriam Colon - Deyanira
Release
The film was released on DVD on February 27, 2007 in Spanish with English and French subtitles.
See also
- List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Oedipus Mayor at IMDb
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