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      • Oedipus Mayor (Spanish: Edipo alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian tragedy film, produced by Tomás Zapata and Jorge Sánchez, directed by Jorge Alí Triana. Set in strife-ridden, 20th-century Colombia, the film is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.


      Plot


      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 ago 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 Martínez de Hoyos - Priest
      Miriam Colón - Deyanira
      Juan Sebastián Aragón - Police Commander
      Armando Gutiérrez - Army Captain
      Marcela Agudelo -
      Fabiana Medina - Guerrilla Child
      Juan Carlos Arango - AUC Commander
      Magali Caicedo
      Manuel José Chávez - Guerrilla Child
      Sigifredo Vega
      Alfonso Ortiz - Landowners
      Héctor Rivas
      Andrés Felipe Martínez
      Raúl Santa
      Salomón Vega
      Jaime Forero
      Carlos Vega


      See also


      List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
      List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


      References




      External links


      Oedipus Mayor at IMDb

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