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| Directed by | Jorge Ali Triana |
| Produced by | Jorge Sánchez |
| Screenplay by | Gabriel García Márquez Stella Malagon |
| Starring | 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".
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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.
The film was released on DVD on February 27 2007 in Spanish with English and French subtitles, as the options offered.
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