Edipo Alcalde

Edipo Alcalde
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jorge Ali Triana
Produced by	Jorge Sánchez
Screenplay by	Gabriel García Márquez Stella Malagon
Starring	Jorge Perugorria Ángela Molina Francisco Rabal Jairo Camargo
Music by	Blas Emilio Atehortúa
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Editing by	Sigfrido Barjau
Release date(s)	23 August 1996
Running time	100 min.
Country	Colombia
Language	Spanish

Edipo Alcalde (English: Oedipus Mayor) is a 1996 Colombian film, directed by Jorge Ali Triana. Set in strife-ridden, 20th-century Colombia, the film is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy : "Oedipus Rex".

Synopsis

Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, young Mayor Edipo must mediate a peace deal between conflicting guerrilla groups and the army. It is raining when he leaves. His journey is interrupted when he gets into a shoot-out on a lonely bridge. Returning fire, Edipo somehow escapes. As soon as he gets to town he hears that a prominent leader Layo was brutally slain. No one knows who shot him. Meanwhile a blind coffin-maker Tiresias wanders town making dire prophecies concerning Edipo's future. It is he who tells the mayor that Layo was murdered by a family member. Edipo's fate is sealed when he gets involved with the beautiful and much older Yocasta, a woman who last had sex thirty years before with her husband Layo. She got pregnant and bore a son ... tragedy ensues.

Cast

• Jorge Perugorria - Edipo
• Ángela Molina - Yocasta
• Francisco Rabal - Tiresias
• Jairo Camargo - Creonte
• Jorge Martinez - Priest
• Miriam Colon - Deyanira

DVD release

The film was released on DVD on February 27 2007 in Spanish with English and French subtitles, as the options offered.

References

• Oedipo alcalde (1996) at the Internet Movie Database
• Edipo Alcalde (1996) - New York Times review

External links

• Edipo Alcalde at the Internet Movie Database