Medea (Why We Love Cinema)

Medea

Italie-France 1969 | Pier Paolo Pasolini | vostEN | 110’ | 35mm | Cast : Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti, Laurent Terzieff

 ♥ because of Callas and Pasolini's combined power .

.Jason returns to Greece with powerful sorceress Medea. However, when the king banishes her, it's only human that Medea plots her furious revenge…

« A retelling of Medea’s story (elopement, marriage, desertion, revenge) as a mixture of social anthropology and ritual theatre, with every incident given both a ‘magic’ and a ‘rational’ reading. » (Time Out Film Guide)