Oedipus Mayor
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Directed by | Jorge Alí Triana |
Screenplay by | Gabriel García Márquez Stella Malagon |
Based on | Oedipus Rex by Sophocles |
Produced by | Jorge Sánchez Tomás Zapata |
Starring | Jorge Perugorria Ángela Molina Francisco Rabal |
Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
Edited by | Sigfrido Barjau |
Music by | Blas Emilio Atehortúa |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Colombia |
Language | Spanish |
Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian tragedy film, produced by Tomás Zapata and Jorge Sánchez, directed by Jorge Alí Triana.[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
- - Creonte
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos - Priest
- Miriam Colón - Deyanira
- - Police Commander
- - Army Captain
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- - Guerrilla Child
- - AUC Commander
- - Guerrilla Child
- Alfonso Ortiz - Landowners
- Héctor Rivas
- Carlos Vega
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[]
- ^ "Oedipus Mayor". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Retrieved 5 October 2015.[dead link][dead link]
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
External links[]
- 1996 films
- Spanish-language films
- Colombian films
- 1990s war films
- Films based on works by Sophocles
- Films set in Colombia
- Incest in film
- 1990s political films
- Works based on Oedipus Rex
- Modern adaptations of works by Sophocles
- Colombian film stubs