Medea (1969)

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.

• Drama
• Fantasy

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.

Rating

6.7 / 10 (196 votes)

Release date

December 28, 1969

Runtime

1h 58m

Language

Italian

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Status

Released