Edipo Alcalde (1996)

Original title

Edipo alcalde

Directed by

Jorge Alí Triana

Genre

drama film

Country

Colombia

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

+18

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small Colombian town is torn apart by violence and political turmoil. A new mayor arrives and tries to bring order, but a dark prophecy about his past begins to unravel his life.

tragicintensemelancholicdarktensevisceralslow-burnunsettling

What happens

Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian tragedy film, produced by Tomás Zapata and Jorge Sánchez, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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