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6.4/10 Movieo Produced by Jorge Sánchez Initial release 1996 Music director Blas Emilio Atehortúa | 6.4/10 IMDb Directed by Jorge Alí Triana Music by Blas Emilio Atehortúa Director Jorge Alí Triana Initial DVD release 27 February 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Gabriel García Márquez
Stella Malagon Based on Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Starring Jorge Perugorria
Ángela Molina
Francisco Rabal
Jairo Camargo Screenplay Gabriel García Márquez, Stella Malagon Cast Ángela Molina, Jorge Perugorría, Francisco Rabal, Míriam Colón, Marcela Agudelo Similar Story by Sophocles, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian film, directed by Jorge Alí Triana. 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.
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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.