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Oedipus Mayor (1996)
Directed by Jorge Alí Triana
“Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Steamy Adaptation of OEDIPUS REX”
Drama, War · 1h 40m
Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.
Cast
Jorge Perugorría
Edipo
Ángela Molina
Yocasta
Francisco Rabal
Tiresias
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
Priest
Jairo Camargo
Creonte
Miriam Colon
Deyanira
Juan Sebastián Aragón
Mayor's Driver
Marcela Agudelo
Urban Guerrilla
Fabiana Medina
Rural Guerrilla
Juan Carlos Arango
Paramilitary Chief
Manuel José Chaves
Guerrilla Child
S
Sigifredo Vega
Sergeant
Crew
- Director
- Jorge Alí Triana
- Screenplay
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Writer
- Orlando Senna, Stella Malagón Gutiérrez, Gabriel García Márquez
- Director of Photography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Editor
- Sigfrido Barjau
- Producer
- Jorge Sánchez
Details
- Original title
- Edipo alcalde
- Release date
- 1996-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Colombia, Cuba, France, Mexico, Spain
- Production
- Caracol Televisión, Sogetel, Canal+, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Grupo Colombia, Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano