Medea
Seen it?1969 | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans. If you loved Les Misérables or The Crucible, start here.
- The mood
- Emotional (bring tissues).
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 58 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Italian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1969: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
73% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Maria CallasMedea
- Massimo GirottiCreonte
- Laurent TerzieffChirone
- Giuseppe GentileGiasone
- Margareth ClémentiGlauce
- Paul JabaraPelias
- Gerard WeissSecond Centaur
- Sergio TramontiApsirto, Medea's Brother
- Luigi BarbiniArgonaut
- Gian Paolo Durgar