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(1967)

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Sex & Nudity

  • The opening scene is a close-up of a woman breast feeding her child.
  • Naked 'native' boys seen at a distance and a naked baby boy seen in several shots.
  • Oedipus has sex with his mother and their incestuous relationship is a theme that runs through the film. Rear ends and breasts shown as sex is simulated.

Violence & Gore

  • A baby is left in the desert to die (but is saved).
  • A woman hangs herself and the camera lingers on her dead body.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Oedipus kills soldiers and then his father along a desert road.

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