Medea (1988)

Cinematic genius Lars von Trier explores the dark passions of a woman scorned in this shocking and powerful film adapted from a screenplay by the great Carl-Th. Dreyer (THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC). The drama unfolds in shimmering marshlands and gloomy subterranean passageways. Medea is the foreign sorceress, abandoned by Jason, her lover. In a fit of mad, jealous rage, she plots a vicious revenge and murders her own children. MEDEA is a revelation – the discovery of a rarely-seen, legendary film from the director of THE KINGDOM, DANCER IN THE DARK, BREAKING THE WAVES, and DOGVILLE. While making it, Lars von Trier claimed to be in constant telepathic communication with the co-author of the original script (based on the play by Euripides) – Carl-Th. Dreyer.

Starring: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Preben Lerdorff Rye
Director: Lars von Trier

Drama

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