Medea (1988)
- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Genre
- drama film, art film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 81 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman seeks revenge after her husband abandons her for a younger bride. The story takes place in a Danish Iron Age landscape.
bleakslow-burnvisually starkcoldmelancholicharshsolemnancient pre-christian
What happens
Medea is a 1988 Danish tragedy television film directed by Lars von Trier. It is based on Carl Theodor Dreyer's adaptation of Euripides' play Medea. The setting is changed from the Mediterranean to a Danish, vaguely Iron Age setting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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