Product Details

• Actors: Jorge Perugorría, Ángela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Jairo Camargo
• Directors: Jorge Alí Triana
• Writers: Gabriel García Márquez, Orlando Senna, Sophocles, Stella Malagon
• Producers: Fanny Mikey, Fernando de Garcillán, Jorge Sánchez
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Spanish (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Facets
• DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000LPS394
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,317 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Oedipus Mayor" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This violent, steamy update of Sophocles’s classic tale of patricide and incest was cowritten by Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Set in modern-day Columbia, the drama revolves around a local mayor who is sent to a small town in the Andes to negotiate peace among guerrilla revolutionaries, paramilitary groups, peasants, and the Columbian army. A torrid romance with the prickly widow of a war lord begins the young man’s downfall. Stunning cinematography of the lush Columbian landscape by acclaimed cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Brokeback Mountain; Babel) adds a sultry atmosphere.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Greece Meets Modern Colombia, March 28, 2008

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Jeffery Mingo (Homewood, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oedipus Mayor (DVD)

This is another example of taking an older tale and giving it a modern backdrop. In Brazil, they made "Orpheus." George Clooney remade the Odyssey (or was it the Iliad?) in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Alicia Silverstone's "Clueless" is an update of a Jane Austen work. I recently read on an Internet encyclopedia that Ahnuld's "Predator" had elements of "Beowulf" in it. We Black folk poured some chocolate on "The Wizard of Oz" and made "The Wiz." So if you know the facts behind Oedipus Rex, then you will know the plot of this.
That last sentence was not meant to dissuade. You should see this film. In the way that "Tango," "Imagining Argentina," and possibly other works illustrate the devastating "disappearances" that happened in Argentina, this work illustrates the violence and paramilitary chaos that has happened in Colombia. By the way, Jorge Perugorria has gotten hotter since his younger days from "Fresa y chocolate."
For those who don't know the story of Oedipus Rex, you are in for a surprise like in "The Crying Game" or "The Others." If you find that you like the surprise at the end of the film, you may want to also see "Oldboy," "Lone Star," or "Angels and Insects."