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Medea

Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

Released: Jan 28, 1970 Genre: Drama FantasyCasts: María Callas Massimo Girotti Laurent Terzieff Giuseppe Gentile Margareth Clémenti Paul Jabara Gerard Weiss Sergio TramontiDirectors: Pier Paolo PasoliniDuration: 1h 58m Rating: 6.5 Country: France, Germany, Italy Production: Les Films Number One, Janus Film und Fernsehen, San Marco

It's a movie about a woman who beheads her brother, stabs her children, and sends her lover's wife up in flames. For Maria Callas, it's a natural.