Edipo Alcalde
Genre: War, Drama, World cinema
Year: 1996
Country: Colombia
Language: Spanish Language
Starring: Francisco Rabal, Ángela Molina, Jorge Perugorría
Edipo Alcalde (English: Oedipus Mayor) is a 1996 Colombian film, directed by Jorge Ali Triana. Set in strife-ridden, 20th-century Colombia, the film is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy : "Oedipus Rex".
Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, 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 seer 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.
The film was released on DVD on February 27 2007 in Spanish with English and French subtitles, as the options offered.
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