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Medea

Medea

Dec 28, 1969
118 min
DramaFantasy
6.5/ 10
183 votes

Overview

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.

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TMDB
6.5/10
183 votes
IMDB
6.9/10
5,804 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
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2 nominations total

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"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."

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Original Language

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Les Films Number OneJanus Film und FernsehenSan Marco

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