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Edipo re
ITALY · 1967

Edipo re

Pier Paolo Pasolini
fate and destiny patricide self-fulfilling prophecy identity and origins
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Synopsis

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees C

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