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67% Critic Match
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.”
6.7 / 10• 1969• 1h 58m•NR• Italian
DramaFantasy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Maria Callas
Medea
Lead
Massimo Girotti
Creonte
Laurent Terzieff
Chirone
Giuseppe Gentile
Giasone
Margareth Clémenti
Glauce
Paul Jabara
Pelias
GW
Gerard Weiss
Second Centaur
Sergio Tramonti
Apsirto, Medea's Brother
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pier Paolo Pasolini's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Medea is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
