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Medea

Play trailer Poster for Medea 1970,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 70% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
70% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
The powerful sorceress (Maria Callas) helps Jason (Giuseppi Gentile) steal the Golden Fleece and reclaim his throne, then enacts a gruesome revenge after he spurns her.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
Pier Paolo Pasolini's disappointing 1970 version of the Greek tragedy. Go to Full Review
Scott Nye Battleship Pretension Jun 29, 2023
Pasolini frequently uses those who push themselves to the margins of society to expose our collective and individual weaknesses, and our determination to maintain the image of order. Go to Full Review
James Plath Movie Metropolis Jan 5, 2012
7/10
Only for an art-house audience, but those who want to feel and poetically experience the ancient world might also find this odd film worth watching, at least once. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online Dec 17, 2011
Pasolini strips the play down to symbolic, almost abstract expressions of scenes and ideas, like the cinema equivalent of hieroglyphics. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Sep 27, 2009
Abstruse, stark, elemental Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Dec 1, 2007
5/5
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Finn M Mar 1, 2019 An outstanding, haunting, beautiful movie.
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Cast & Crew

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Director

Maria Callas

Medea

Laurent Terzieff

Centaur

Giuseppi Gentile

Jason

Massimo Girotti

King Kresus

Margareth Clementi

Glauce

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Movie Info

Synopsis The powerful sorceress (Maria Callas) helps Jason (Giuseppi Gentile) steal the Golden Fleece and reclaim his throne, then enacts a gruesome revenge after he spurns her.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Producer
Marina Cicogna, Franco Rossellini
Screenwriter
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 24, 2016
Runtime
1h 50m
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