Oedipus of Theban plays by Sophocles: "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone". Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. Having been childless for some time, Laius consulted the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that any son born to Laius would kill him. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, when Jocasta indeed bore a son, Laius had his ankles pierced and tethered together so that he could not crawl; Jocasta then gave the boy to a servant to abandon ("expose") on the nearby mountain. However, rather than leave the child
Troubled Water catches him, and holds on to a branch, after which Agnes, in a surprise twist of plot, helps them reach the shore. Jan Thomas confesses to Agnes what really happened earlier to her son Isak. The movie was released in the USA by filmmovement.com. "Troubled Water" won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2008. Troubled Water Troubled Water () is a 2008 Norwegian film directed by Erik Poppe. The film depicts a large part of the story twice, from the perspectives of two people. As a teenager, Jan Thomas Hansen