Medea

Medea

She sacrifices something she loves, to harm someone who perhaps she loves even more.

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Release Date

8/8/1989

Runtime

76 mins

Overview

Medea after having helped the man she loves, Jason, and given him to birth two children, is driven into fury and vengeful madness after he decides to abandon her to become successor to the throne by marring Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Budget

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Revenue

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A woman's descent into vengeance when abandoned by the man she sacrificed everything for, told with the weight of classical tragedy. This is intimate psychological devastation wrapped in ancient myth.

Mood

AngryDread-soakedMournfulDefiant

Themes

BetrayalRevengeLoveObsession

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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