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Riddles of the Sphinx is a canadien film of genre Science fiction directed by Laura Mulvey with Dina Meyer
Riddles of the Sphinx (2008)
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Add to a movie listRiddles of the Sphinx is a 1977 film written and directed by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. It is produced by the British Film Institute, and stars Dinah Stabb, Merdelle Jordine and Riannon Tise. The electronic score is from Mike Ratledge of The Soft Machine.
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The film consists of 13 scenes, the majority of which are shot in long, continuous 360-degree pans of middle-class spaces occupied and encountered by the main character, Louise. Louise is dealing with a change in her lifestyle in which she must learn to negotiate domestic life and motherhood. This is occasionally interrupted by sequences of Mulvey talking to the camera, recounting the myth of Oedipus encountering the Sphinx.Actors
Dina Meyer
(Jessica)
Lochlyn Munro
(Robert)
Mackenzie Gray
(Ryder)
Donnelly Rhodes
(Thomas)
Clive Merrison
(Chris)
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