Oedipus Rex (1967 film) Jocasta commits suicide. Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalist<br> Won Silver Ribbon<br> Alfredo Bini for Best Producer and Luigi Scaccianoce for Best Production Design<br> 1968 Kinema Junpo Awards<br> Won Best Foreign Language Film<br> 1970 Venice Film Festival<br> Nominated for Golden Lion<br> 1967 Oedipus Rex (1967 film) Oedipus Rex ("Edipo re") is a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini adapted the screenplay from the Greek tragedy "Oedipus Rex" written by Sophocles in 428 BC. The film was mainly shot in Morocco. A son is born to a young couple in pre-war Italy. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes
Oedipus Rex some versions, the servant gives the infant to the shepherd). The shepherd names the child Oedipus, "swollen feet", as his feet had been tightly bound by Laius. The shepherd brings the infant to Corinth, and presents him to the childless king Polybus, who raises Oedipus as his own son. As he grows to manhood, Oedipus hears a rumour that he is not truly the son of Polybus and his wife, Merope. He asks the Delphic Oracle who his parents really are. The Oracle seems to ignore this question, telling him instead that he is destined to ""mate with [his] own