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Oedipus Mayor is a film of genre Drama with Ángela Molina

Oedipus Mayor (1996)

Oedipus Mayor
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Length 1h40
Genres Drama,    War
Rating59% 2.9941452.9941452.9941452.9941452.994145

Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo Alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian film, directed by Jorge Alí Triana. 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.

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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.

Actors

Ángela Molina

(Yocasta)Jorge Perugorría

(Edipo)Francisco Rabal

(Tiresias)Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

(Priest)Míriam Colón

(Deyanira)
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